List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Minnesota

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

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Colerain Formation Cretaceous Coleraine Formation Cretaceous Cummingsville Formation Ordovician Dakota Formation Cretaceous Decorah Ordovician Decorah Shale Ordovician Dubuque Formation Ordovician Franconia Formation Cambrian Galena Group/Cummingsville Formation Ordovician Galena Group/Decorah Shale Ordovician Glenwood Formation Ordovician Greenhorn Formation Cretaceous Guttenberg Formation Ordovician Ion Formation Ordovician Maquoketa Group/Elgin Formation Ordovician Oneota Formation Ordovician Platteville Formation Ordovician Prosser Limestone Ordovician Shakopee Formation Ordovician Spechts Ferry Formation Ordovician Spillville Formation Devonian St. Peter Sandstone Ordovician Stewartville Formation Ordovician Windrow Formation Cretaceous

See also

Paleontology in Minnesota

References