List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Tennessee, U.S.

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Arnheim Formation Ordovician Fernvale Formation Ordovician Benbolt Formation Ordovician Benbolt Formation Ordovician Bigby Formation Ordovician Birdsong Shale Devonian Blackford Formation Ordovician Borden Formation Carboniferous Brownsport Group Silurian Carters Limestone Ordovician Catheys Formation Ordovician Chattanooga Shale Devonian Chepultepec Formation Ordovician Clairborne Formation Paleogene Coffee Sand Cretaceous Coon Creek Formation Cretaceous Cotter Formation Ordovician Decatur Limestone Silurian Demopolis Formation Cretaceous Douglas Lake Member Ordovician Fernvale Limestone Ordovician Fort Payne Chert Carboniferous Grainger Formation Carboniferous Hendersonville Shale Ordovician Hermitage Formation Ordovician Holston Formation Ordovician Inman Formation Ordovician Jackson Formation Paleogene Lebanon Limestone Ordovician Leipers Formation Ordovician Lenoir Formation Ordovician Linden Formation Devonian Longview Formation Ordovician Lorraine Group/Reedsville Formation Ordovician Mannie Formation Ordovician Maryville Limestone Cambrian Midway Group/Clayton Formation Paleogene Porters Creek Formation Paleogene Moccasin Formation Ordovician Murfreesboro Limestone Ordovician Newman Formation Carboniferous Nolichucky Formation Cambrian Ohio Shale Devonian Owl Creek Formation Cretaceous Pewee Coal Carboniferous Pierce Limestone Ordovician Powell Formation Ordovician Richmond Formation Ordovician Ridley Limestone Ordovician Ripley Formation Cretaceous Rockdell Formation Ordovician Rome Formation Cambrian Ross Formation Devonian Sequatchie Formation Ordovician Stones River Group/Carters Limestone Ordovician Warsaw Limestone Carboniferous Wayne Formation Silurian Whitesburg Formation Ordovician Wilcox Formation Paleogene

See also

Paleontology in Tennessee

References