List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska

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

Sites
Group or Formation Period Notes
Admire Group/Falls CityCarboniferous
Admire Group/Falls City LimestoneCarboniferous
Admire Group/Janesville ShaleCarboniferous
Admire Group/Onaga ShaleCarboniferous
Admire Group/Towle ShaleCarboniferous
Arikaree GroupPaleogene
Arikaree Group/Coffee Mill Butte BedsPaleogene
Arikaree Group/Reunion Creek BedsPaleogene
Arikaree Group/Wildcat Hills BedsPaleogene
Ash Hollow FormationNeogene
Barneston FormationPermian
Box Butte FormationNeogene
Bronson Group/Dennis FormationCarboniferous
Brown Siltstone Beds
Brule FormationPaleogene
Carlise ShaleCretaceous
Chadron FormationPaleogene
Chase FormationCarboniferous
Council Grove Group/Beattie FormationPermian
Council Grove Group/Foraker LimestoneCarboniferous
Dakota FormationCretaceous
Fall River SandstoneCretaceous
Foraker FormationCarboniferous
Fort Riley FormationPermian
Gering FormationPaleogene
Greenhorn FormationCretaceous
Harrison FormationNeogene
Huntsman ShaleCretaceous
J SandstoneCretaceous
Kansas City Group/Dennis FormationCarboniferous
Kansas City Group/Swope FormationCarboniferous
Kansas City Group/Swope LimestoneCarboniferous
Kansas City Group/Westerville FormationCarboniferous
Kanwaka FormationCarboniferous
Kereford FormationCarboniferous
Lansing GroupCarboniferous
Lansing Group/Plattsburg FormationCarboniferous
Lansing Group/Stanton FormationCarboniferous
Lavaca Flats Beds
Long Pine Formation
Loveland Loess
Lower Harrison Beds
Marmaton Group/Altamont LimestoneCarboniferous
Marsland FormationNeogene
Monroe Creek FormationPaleogene
Montana Group/Pierre ShaleCretaceous
Neva FormationPermian
Niobrara FormationCretaceous
Ogallala FormationNeogene
Ogallala Group/Valentine FormationNeogene
Olcott FormationNeogene
Onaga FormationCarboniferous
Oread FormationCarboniferous
Oreodon BedsPaleogene
Pierre ShaleCretaceous
Runningwater FormationNeogene
Sand Canyon FormationNeogene
Sappa Formation
Scotch Grove FormationSilurian
Severy ShaleCarboniferous
Shawnee GroupCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Deer Creek FormationCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Kanwaka FormationCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Lecompton FormationCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Oread FormationCarboniferous
Sheep Creek FormationNeogene
Skull Creek ShaleCretaceous
Snake Creek FormationNeogene
Stanton FormationCarboniferous
Titanotherium BedsPaleogene
Upper Harrison Beds
Valentine FormationNeogene
Wabaunsee Group/Severy ShaleCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Stotler FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Wood Siding FormationCarboniferous
White River Group/Brule FormationPaleogene
White River Group/Chadron FormationPaleogene
Winfield FormationPermian

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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