List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas

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

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Admiral Formation Permian
Aguja Formation Cretaceous
Alacran Mountain Formation Permian
Albany Group/Lueders Formation Permian
Albany Group/Waggoner Ranch Formation Permian
Aleman Formation Ordovician
Altuda Formation Permian
Anacacho Limestone Cretaceous
Anahuac Formation Paleogene
Annona Chalk Cretaceous
Arcadia Park Shale Cretaceous
Archer City Formation Permian
Arroyo Formation Permian
Austin Formation Cretaceous
Austin Chalk Cretaceous
Austin Group/Atco Formation Cretaceous
Austin Group/Ector Formation Cretaceous
Austin Group/Ector Chalk Cretaceous
Austin Group/Gober Formation Cretaceous
Austin Group/Gober Chalk Cretaceous
Austin Group/Pflugerville Formation Cretaceous
Austin Group/Roxton Formation Cretaceous
Banta Shut Formation Neogene
Barnett Formation Carboniferous
Barnett Shale Carboniferous
Bead Mountain Formation Permian
Beaumont Formation Pleistocene
Bell Canyon Formation Permian
Belle Plains Formation Permian
Bend Group/Smithwick Formation Carboniferous
Benevides Formation Cretaceous
Bishop Cap Formation Carboniferous
Black Peaks Formation Paleogene
Blaine Formation Permian
Blanco Formation United States
Blossom Sand Cretaceous
Bone Spring Formation Permian
Bone Spring Limestone Permian
Boquillas Formation Cretaceous
Brad Formation Carboniferous
Bridwell Formation Neogene
Briggs Formation Permian
Brushy Canyon Formation Permian
Buda Limestone Cretaceous
Caballos Novaculite Late Devonian to Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Caddo Creek Formation Carboniferous
Camp Creek Formation Permian
Camp Rice Formation United States
Canoe Formation Paleogene
Canyon Group/Caddo Creek Formation Carboniferous
Canyon Group/Graford Formation Carboniferous
Canyon Group/Palo Pinto Formation Carboniferous
Canyon Group/Winchell Formation Carboniferous
Canyon Group/Wolf Mountain Formation Carboniferous
Canyon Group/Wolf Mountain Shale Carboniferous
Capitan Formation Permian
Capote Mountain Tuff Paleogene
Capps Formation Carboniferous
Catahoula Formation Paleogene
Cathedral Mountain Formation Permian
Cerro Alto Limestone Permian
Chaffin Formation Carboniferous
Chambers Tuff Paleogene
Chappel Limestone Carboniferous
Cherry Canyon Formation Permian
Chinle Group/Dockum Group Triassic
Chinle Group/Tecovas Formation Triassic
Chisos Formation Paleogene
Chispa Summit Formation Cretaceous
Cibolo Formation Permian
Cisco Group/Bluff Creek Formation Carboniferous
Cisco Group/Graham Formation Carboniferous
Cisco Group/Pueblo Formation Permian
Cisco Group/Putnam Formation Permian
Claiborne Formation Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Cook Mountain Formation Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Crockett Formation Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Reklaw Formation Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Stone City Formation Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Weches Formation Paleogene
Clarendon Beds Neogene
Clear Fork Formation Permian
Clear Fork Group/Arroyo Formation Permian
Clear Fork Group/Vale Formation Permian
Clear Fork Group/Choza Formation Permian
Clear Fork Group/Lueders Formation Permian
Clear Fork Group/Vale Formation Permian
Clyde Formation Permian
Coetas Formation Neogene
Coleman Junction Formation Permian
Colmena Tuff Paleogene
Comanche Formation Cretaceous
Comanche Peak Limestone Cretaceous
Comanche Group/Paw Paw Formation Cretaceous
Concha Formation Permian
Cook Mountain Formation Paleogene
Corsicana Marl Cretaceous
Cow Creek Limestone (Cow Creek Formation) Cretaceous
Crockett Formation Paleogene
Cutoff Formation Permian
Cutter Dolomite Ordovician
Del Rio Clay Cretaceous
Delaho Formation Neogene
Delaware Mountain Formation Permian
Denton Formation Cretaceous
Devil's Graveyard Formation Paleogene
Devils River Limestone Cretaceous
Dockum Formation Triassic
Dockum Group/Camp Springs Formation Triassic
Dockum Group/Colorado City Formation Triassic
Dockum Group/Cooper Canyon Formation Triassic
Dockum Group/Santa Rosa Sandstone Triassic
Dockum Group/Tecovas Formation Triassic
Dockum Group/Trujillo Formation Triassic
Dog Creek Formation Permian
Eagle Ford Formation Cretaceous
Eagle Ford Group/Britton Formation Cretaceous
Eagle Ford Shale Cretaceous
Eagle Ford Group/Britton Formation Cretaceous
Eagle Ford Group/Lake Waco Formation Cretaceous
Eagle Ford Group/Tarrant Formation Cretaceous
East Mountain Shale Carboniferous
Edwards Limestone Cretaceous
Edwards Group/Segovia Formation Cretaceous
El Paso Formation Ordovician
El Paso Group/Florida Formation Ordovician
El Paso Group/McKelligon Canyon Formation Ordovician
El Paso Group/Padre Formation Ordovician
El Paso Group/Scenic Drive Formation Ordovician
El Picacho Formation Cretaceous
Ellenburger Group Ordovician
Ellenburger Group/Honeycut Formation Ordovician
Ellenburger Group/Tanyard Formation Ordovician
Escondido Formation Cretaceous
Fayette Sandstone Paleogene
Fleming Formation Neogene
Fort Hancock Formation Pleistocene
Fort Peña Formation Ordovician
Fort Worth Limestone Cretaceous
Fredericksburg Group/Comanche Peak Limestone Cretaceous
Fredericksburg Group/Edwards Limestone Cretaceous
Fredericksburg Group/Goodland Formation Cretaceous
Fredericksburg Group/Stuart City Formation Cretaceous
Fredericksburg Group/Walnut Formation Cretaceous
Fredericksburg Group/Glen Rose Limestone Cretaceous
Fredericksburg Group/Paluxy Formation Cretaceous
Gaptank Formation Carboniferous
Glen Rose Formation Cretaceous
Goliad Formation Neogene
Goodland Limestone Cretaceous
Goodnight Beds Neogene
Gorman Formation Ordovician
Graford Formation Carboniferous
Graham Formation Carboniferous
Graham Group/Gunsight Formation United States
Graham Group/Jacksboro Limestone Carboniferous
Graham Group/Wayland Formation United States
Grayson Formation Cretaceous
Grayson Marl Cretaceous
Gulf Group/Woodbine Formation Cretaceous
Hammett Formation Cretaceous
Hammett Shale Cretaceous
Hannold Hill Formation Paleogene
Harpersville Formation Carboniferous
Helms Formation Carboniferous
Hess Formation Permian
Hogeye Tuff Paleogene
Honeycut Formation Ordovician
Houy Formation Devonian to Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Hueco Formation Permian
Hueco Canyon Formation Permian
Jackson Formation Paleogene
Jackson Group/Wellborn Formation Paleogene
Javelina Formation Cretaceous
Kamp Ranch Limestone Cretaceous
Kemp Clay Cretaceous
Keys Valley Marl Member Cretaceous
Kiamichi Shale (Kiamichi Formation) Cretaceous
Kincaid Formation Paleogene
Lake Waco Formation Cretaceous
Laredo Formation Paleogene
Lazy Bend Formation Carboniferous
Lenox Hills Formation Permian
Lone Camp Group/East Mountain Formation Carboniferous
Love Formation United States
Lueders Formation Permian
Magdalen Limestone Carboniferous
Magdalena Formation Carboniferous to Permian (?)
Main Street Limestone Cretaceous
Malone Formation Late Jurassic
Mancos Shale Cretaceous
Marathon Formation Ordovician
Marble Falls Formation Carboniferous
Midway Formation Paleogene
Midway Group/Anacacho Limestone Cretaceous
Midway Group/Kincaid Formation Paleogene
Midway Group/Shark River Formation Paleogene
Midway Group/Wills Point Formation Paleogene
Millsap Lake Group/Lazy Bend Formation Carboniferous
Mineral Wells Formation Carboniferous
Mingus Formation Carboniferous
Montoya Group Ordovician
Montoya Group/Aleman Formation Ordovician
Montoya Group/Cutter Formation Ordovician
Montoya Group/Second Value Formation Ordovician
Moore Hollow Group/Wilberns Formation Cambrian
Moran Formation Permian
Nacatoch Sand Cretaceous
Navarro Formation Cretaceous
Navarro Group/Kemp Clay Cretaceous
Navarro Group/Neylandville Marl Cretaceous
Neal Ranch Formation Early Permian
Neylandville Marl Cretaceous
Oakville Formation Neogene
Obregon Formation Carboniferous
Ogallala Formation Neogene
Ojinaga Formation Cretaceous
Ozan Formation Cretaceous
Paluxy Formation Cretaceous
Pease River Group/San Angelo Formation Permian
Pease River Group/San Angelo Group/Blaine Formation Permian
Pecan Gap Chalk Cretaceous
Pen Formation Cretaceous
Pepper Shale Cretaceous
Pillar Bluff Limestone Devonian
Pruett Formation Paleogene
Pueblo Formation Carboniferous
Putnam Formation Permian
Quartermaster Formation Permian
Rawls Formation Neogene
Reklaw Formation Paleogene
Riley Formation Cambrian
Rita Blanca Formation Pleistocene
Road Canyon Formation Permian
Ross Mine Formation Permian
Rustler Formation Permian
Sabinetown Bluff Formation Paleogene
Salesville Formation Carboniferous
San Andres Formation Permian
San Carlos Formation Cretaceous
Second Value Dolomite Ordovician
Sedwick Formation Permian
Seguin Formation Paleogene
Selman Formation Paleogene
Seymour Formation Pleistocene
Shuler Formation Late Jurassic
Skinner Mountain Formation Permian
Skinner Ranch Formation Permian
Sligo Formation Cretaceous
Smithwick Formation Carboniferous
Starcke Limestone Silurian
Stone City Formation Paleogene
Strawn Formation Carboniferous
Strawn Group/Grindstone Formation Carboniferous
Strawn Group/Millsap Lake Formation Carboniferous
Sullivan Peak Formation Permian
Tahoka Formation Pleistocene
Talpa Formation Permian
Tanyard Formation Ordovician
Taylor Marl Cretaceous
Taylor Group/Sprinkle Formation Cretaceous
Taylor Group/Wolfe City Formation Cretaceous
Taylor Group/Wolfe City Group/Sprinkle Formation Cretaceous
Tecovas Formation Triassic
Tesnus Formation Carboniferous
Thrifty Formation Carboniferous
Torcer Formation Cretaceous
Tornillo Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous
Tornillo Group/Javelina Formation Cretaceous
Travis Peak Formation Cretaceous
Trinity Formation Cretaceous
Trinity Group/Antlers Formation Cretaceous
Trinity Group/Bluff Mesa Formation Cretaceous
Trinity Group/Cuchillo Formation Cretaceous
Trinity Group/Glen Rose Formation Cretaceous
Trinity Group/Glen Rose Group/Paluxy Formation Cretaceous
Trinity Group/Hensel Sand Cretaceous
Trinity Group/Paluxy Formation Cretaceous
Trinity Group/Twin Mountains Formation Cretaceous
Tule Formation Pleistocene
Twin Mountains Formation Cretaceous
Vale Formation Permian
Valera Shale Permian
Vidrio Formation Permian
Vieja Formation Paleogene
Waggoner Ranch Formation Permian
Waldrip Formation Carboniferous
Walnut Formation Cretaceous
Washita Formation Cretaceous
Washita Group/Del Rio Formation Cretaceous
Washita Group/Denison Formation Cretaceous
Washita Group/Denton Formation Cretaceous
Washita Group/Duck Creek Formation Cretaceous
Washita Group/Fort Worth Formation Cretaceous
Washita Group/Grayson Marl Cretaceous
Washita Group/Main Street Limestone Cretaceous
Washita Group/Pawpaw Formation Cretaceous
Washita Group/Weno Limestone Cretaceous
Weches Formation Paleogene
Weno Formation Cretaceous
Whitehorse Formation Permian
Wichita Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Admiral Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Archer City Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Belle Plains Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Clyde Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Lueders Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Moran Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Nocona Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Petrolia Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Waggoner Ranch Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Putnam Formation Permian
Wichita Group/Waggoner Ranch Formation Permian
Wilberns Formation Cambrian
Wilcox Group/Rockdale Formation Paleogene
Wills Point Formation Paleogene
Winchell Formation Carboniferous
Wolf Mountain Formation Carboniferous
Wolfe City Formation Cretaceous
Woodbine Formation Cretaceous
Woods Hollow Formation Middle Ordovician
Word Formation Permian
Yegua Formation Paleogene
Yucca Formation Cretaceous

See also

References

Wikisource has original works on the topic: Paleontology in the United States#Texas
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  • USGS. "U.S. Geologic Names Lexicon ("Geolex")". Retrieved 8 November 2017.

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