List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado

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

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Alamosa FormationPleistocene
Animas FormationPaleogene, Cretaceous
Arapahoe FormationCretaceous
Battle Mountain FormationCarboniferous
Belden ShaleCarboniferous
Browns Park FormationNeogene
Brule FormationPaleogene
Carline ShaleCretaceous
Chadron FormationPaleogene
Chinle FormationTriassic
Chinle Group/Sheep Pen SandstoneTriassic
Chinle Group/Sloan Canyon FormationTriassic
Coalmont FormationPaleogene
Colorado Group/Carlile ShaleCretaceous
Colorado Group/Graneros ShaleCretaceous
Colorado Group/Greenhorn LimestoneCretaceous
Colorado Group/Niobrara FormationCretaceous
Creede FormationPaleogene
Cuchara FormationPaleogene
Cutler FormationPermian
D SandstoneCretaceous
D1 FormationPaleogene
Dakota FormationCretaceous
Dakota Group/Mesa Rica SandstoneCretaceous
Dakota Group/Muddy SandstoneCretaceous
Dakota Group/Pajarito FormationCretaceous
Dakota Group/Plainview FormationCretaceous
Dakota Group/South Platte FormationCretaceous
Dawson FormationPaleogene
DeBeque FormationPaleogene
Denver FormationPaleogene, Cretaceous
Dotsero FormationCambrian
Dyer FormationDevonian
Farisita FormationPaleogene
Florissant FormationPaleogene
Fort Union FormationPaleogene
Fountain FormationCarboniferous
Fox Hills FormationCretaceous
Fox Hills SandstoneCretaceous
Fremont FormationOrdovician
Glen Canyon Group/Navajo SandstoneJurassic
Glen Canyon Group/Wingate SandstoneTriassic
Green River FormationPaleogene
Greenhorn FormationCretaceous
Greenhorn LimestoneCretaceous
Harding FormationOrdovician
Harding SandstoneOrdovician
Huerfano FormationPaleogene
Iles FormationCretaceous
Laramie FormationPaleogene, Cretaceous
Leadville LimestoneCarboniferous
Lewis ShaleCretaceous
Mancos ShaleCretaceous
Manitou LimestoneOrdovician
Maroon FormationPermian, Carboniferous
Martin Canyon Beds FormationNeogene
McCoy FormationCarboniferous
Mesaverde FormationPaleogene, Cretaceous
Middle Park FormationPaleogene
Minturn FormationCarboniferous
Montana Group/Pierre ShaleCretaceous
Morrison FormationJurassic
Niobrara FormationCretaceous
North Park FormationNeogene
Ohio Creek FormationPaleogene
Ouray FormationDevonian
Paradox FormationCarboniferous
Pawnee Creek FormationNeogene
Pierre ShaleCretaceous
Poison Canyon FormationPaleogene
Priest Canyon FormationOrdovician
Purgatoire FormationCretaceous
Raton FormationPaleogene
Sangre de Cristo FormationCarboniferous
Sawatch FormationCambrian
Shoshone? FormationPaleogene
Split Rock FormationNeogene
Summerville FormationJurassic
Troublesome FormationNeogene
troublesome FormationNeogene
Vermejo FormationPaleogene
Wasatch FormationPaleogene
Washakie FormationPaleogene
Weber FormationCarboniferous
White River FormationPaleogene
White River Group/Brule FormationPaleogene
Williams Fork FormationCretaceous

See also

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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