List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada

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

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Al Rose Formation Ordovician Aldrich Station Formation Neogene Antelope Valley Formation Ordovician Antler Peak Formation Permian Arcturus Formation Permian Arcturus Group/Loray Formation Permian Augusta Mountain Formation Triassic Badger Flat Formation Ordovician Banner Formation Carboniferous Barrel Springs Formation Ordovician Bird Spring Formation Permian, Carboniferous Bird Spring Group/Indian Springs Formation Carboniferous Bonanza King Formation Cambrian Buckskin Mountain Formation Permian Buffalo Canyon Formation Neogene Caesar Canyon Limestone Ordovician Campito Formation Cambrian Candelaria Formation Triassic Carlin Formation Neogene Carrara Formation Cambrian Chainman Formation Carboniferous Chainman Shale Carboniferous Chisholm Shale Cambrian Chloropagus Formation Neogene Coal Valley Formation Neogene Coils Creek Limestone Devonian Copenhagen Formation Ordovician Corset Spring Shale Cambrian Davis Spring Formation Carboniferous Deep Spring Formation Cambrian Denay Limestone Devonian Desert Peak Formation Neogene Devils Gate Limestone Devonian Diamond Peak Formation Carboniferous Dinwoody Formation Triassic Dry Canyon Formation Triassic Dun Glen Formation Triassic Dunderberg Shale Cambrian Dunlap Formation Jurassic Elko Formation Paleogene Elko Shales Formation Neogene Ely Limestone Carboniferous Ely Springs Dolomite Ordovician Ely Group/Moleen Formation Carboniferous Emigrant Springs Formation Cambrian Esmeralda Formation Neogene Eureka Quartzite Ordovician Excelsior Formation Triassic Favret Formation Triassic Ferguson Mountain Formation Permian Fish Haven Dolomite Ordovician Gabbs Formation Jurassic, Triassic Goodwin Limestone Ordovician Goughs Canyon Formation Carboniferous Grantsville Formation Triassic Guilmette Formation Devonian Hales Limestone Cambrian Hamburg Formation Cambrian Hanson Creek Formation Ordovician Happy Creek Formation Permian Harkless Formation Cambrian Hay Ranch Formation Neogene Horse Spring Formation Neogene Hosselkus Formation Triassic Hoyt Canyon Formation Triassic Humboldt Formation Neogene Indian Springs Formation Carboniferous Inskip Formation Carboniferous Joana Limestone Carboniferous Johns Wash Limestone Cambrian Johnson Spring Formation Ordovician Kaibab Limestone Permian Kanosh Formation Ordovician Kanosh Formation Ordovician Laketown Dolomite Silurian Lehman Formation Ordovician Lincoln Peak Formation Cambrian Lone Mountain Dolomite Silurian Loray Formation Permian Nevada Group/McColley Canyon Formation Devonian Pogonip Group/Yellow Hill Limestone Ordovician Luning Formation Triassic McColley Canyon Formation Devonian McMonnigal Limestone Devonian Middlegate Formation Neogene Moenkopi Formation Triassic Monarch Mill Formation Neogene Muddy Creek Formation Neogene Mule Spring Limestone Cambrian Murdock Mountain Formation Permian Nevada Group/Denay Limestone Devonian Ninemile Formation Ordovician Ninemile Shale Ordovician Ninemile Group/Lower Antelope Valley Formation Ordovician Nopah Formation Cambrian Opd Unit Formation Ordovician Osobb Formation Triassic Panaca Formation Neogene Park City Group/Gerster Formation Permian Park City Group/Plympton Formation Permian Pequop Formation Permian Perkins Canyon Formation Ordovician Phosphoria Formation Permian Pioche Formation Cambrian Pioche Shale Cambrian Pit Formation Triassic Piute Formation Devonian Pogonip Group/Antelope Valley Formation Ordovician Pogonip Group/Antelope Valley Limestone Ordovician Pogonip Group/Copenhagen Formation Ordovician Pogonip Group/Goodwin Formation Ordovician Pogonip Group/Shingle Limestone Ordovician Poleta Formation Cambrian Portuguese Springs Formation Permian Preble Formation Cambrian Prida Formation Triassic Pyramid Formation Neogene Quinn River Formation Permian Rabbit Hill Limestone Devonian Raiff Limestone Cambrian Raine Ranch Formation Neogene Rib Hill Formation Permian Riepe Spring Formation Permian, Carboniferous Riepetown Formation Permian Roberts Mountains Formation Devonian, Silurian Schoonover Formation Permian Scott Canyon Formation Cambrian Secret Canyon Formation Cambrian Shafter Formation Cambrian Sheep Pass Formation Paleogene Shingle Pass Limestone Ordovician Star Peak Formation Triassic Star Peak Group/Augusta Formation Triassic Star Peak Group/Favret Formation Triassic Star Peak Group/Priada Formation Triassic Star Peak Group/Prida Formation Triassic Sterling Quartzite Formation Ediacaran Sultan Formation Devonian Sunflower Formation Permian Sunrise Formation Jurassic Swan Peak Formation Ordovician Swarbrick Formation Cambrian Telegraph Canyon Formation Devonian Thaynes Formation Triassic Thaynes Limestone Triassic Tor Limestone Devonian Toroweap Formation Permian Truckee Formation Neogene Tybo Shale Cambrian Valmy Group/Jacks Peak Formation Ordovician Vinini Formation Ordovician Virgin Valley Formation Neogene Weber Formation Cretaceous West Range Limestone Devonian Whipple Cave Formation Cambrian White Narrows Formation United States White Pine Shale Carboniferous Windfall Formation Ordovician, Cambrian Windmill Limestone Devonian Winnemucca Formation Triassic Wood Canyon Formation Ediacaran Yellow Hill Formation Ordovician

See also

Paleontology in Nevada

References