List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia

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

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Acredale FormationNeogene
Allegheny FormationCarboniferous
Aquia FormationPaleogene
Athens FormationOrdovician
Bays FormationOrdovician
Benbolt FormationOrdovician
Big Stone Gap ShaleCarboniferous
Bloomsburg FormationSilurian
Bluefield ShaleCarboniferous
Bluestone FormationCarboniferous
Bowen FormationOrdovician
Bralier FormationDevonian
Cassville ShalesPermian
Chambersburg FormationOrdovician
Charleston SandstoneCarboniferous
Bull Run FormationTriassic
Manassas SandstoneTriassic
Chemung FormationDevonian
Chepultepec FormationOrdovician
Calvert FormationNeogene
Choptank FormationNeogene
Eastover FormationNeogene
Old Church FormationNeogene, Paleogene
St. Marys FormationNeogene
Yorktown FormationNeogene
Chickahominy FormationPaleogene
Cliffield FormationOrdovician
Keefer SandstoneSilurian
Rochester ShaleSilurian
Rose Hill FormationSilurian
Price FormationCarboniferous
Conemaugh Group/Ames
Ames Limestone
Hampshire FormationDevonian
Glenshaw FormationCarboniferous
Conococheague FormationCambrian
Cotter FormationOrdovician
Cove Creek LimestoneCarboniferous
Cow Branch FormationTriassic
Doswell FormationTriassic
Greene FormationPermian
Washington FormationPermian, Carboniferous
Waynesburg FormationPermian
Eastover FormationNeogene
Edinburgh FormationOrdovician
Eggleston FormationOrdovician
Fido SandstoneCarboniferous
Foreknobs FormationDevonian
Frederick LimestoneCambrian
Gasper LimestoneCarboniferous
Gilmore FormationPermian
Gratton LimestoneOrdovician
Foreknobs FormationDevonian
Hampshire FormationDevonian
Hampshire FormationDevonian
Hillsdale LimestoneCarboniferous
Hinton FormationCarboniferous
Huntersville FormationDevonian
Kanawha FormationCarboniferous
Kempsville Formation
Keyser LimestoneSilurian
Lantz Mills FormationOrdovician
Lenoir Limestone and Mosheim LimestoneOrdovician
Liberty Hall FormationOrdovician
Lincolnshire LimestoneOrdovician
Little Valley FormationCarboniferous
Longview FormationOrdovician
Martinsburg FormationOrdovician
Bluefield FormationCarboniferous
Lilydale ShaleCarboniferous
Mauch Chunk Formation/Reynolds LimestoneCarboniferous
McKenzie FormationSilurian
Midland FormationJurassic
Millboro ShaleDevonian
Moccasin FormationOrdovician
Pittsburgh Formation
Nanjemoy FormationPaleogene
Nineveh FormationPermian
Nolichucky FormationCambrian
Norfolk Formation
Ohio ShaleDevonian
Old Church FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Onondaga FormationDevonian
Oranda FormationOrdovician
Oriskany FormationDevonian
Otterdale FormationTriassic
Aquia FormationPaleogene
Nanjemoy FormationPaleogene
Piney Point FormationPaleogene
Pennington FormationCarboniferous
Pocono FormationCarboniferous
Patapsco FormationCretaceous
Patuxent FormationCretaceous
Powell FormationOrdovician
Price SandstoneCarboniferous
Martinsburg FormationOrdovician
Rockdale Run FormationOrdovician
Rockport FormationPermian
Romney FormationDevonian
Roubidoux FormationOrdovician
Shady DolomiteCambrian
St. Louis LimestoneCarboniferous
Ste. Genevieve LimestoneCarboniferous
Tonoloway LimestoneSilurian
Trenton FormationOrdovician
Romney FormationDevonian
Wardell FormationOrdovician
Washington FormationPermian
Whitesburg FormationOrdovician
Williamsport SandstoneSilurian
Wills Creek FormationSilurian
Witten LimestoneOrdovician
Yorktown FormationNeogene

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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