List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Indiana

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

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Beech Creek Formation Carboniferous Beechwood Limestone Devonian Big Clifty Formation Carboniferous Block Coal Formation Carboniferous Brassfield Formation Silurian Brazil Formation Carboniferous Bull Fork Formation Ordovician Carbondale Formation Carboniferous Carwood Formation Carboniferous Davis Formation Cambrian Dillsboro Formation Ordovician Eau Claire Formation Cambrian Edwardsville Limestone Carboniferous Excello Shale Carboniferous Fairview Formation Ordovician Glen Dean Limestone Carboniferous Golconda Formation Carboniferous Hamilton Formation Devonian Haney Limestone Carboniferous Harrodsburg Limestone Carboniferous Jeffersonville Limestone Devonian Carbondale Formation Carboniferous Spoon Formation Carboniferous Kokomo Formation Silurian Lampasas Group/Kanawha Formation Carboniferous Laurel Limestone Silurian Liberty Formation Ordovician Linton Formation Carboniferous Locust Point Formation Carboniferous Logan Formation Carboniferous Louisville Formation Silurian Mansfield Formation Carboniferous Fairview Formation Ordovician McMillan Formation Ordovician Shelburn Formation Carboniferous McLeansboro Group/Shelburn Formation Carboniferous Muldraugh Formation Carboniferous New Albany Shale Carboniferous, Devonian New Albany Shale/Blackiston Formation Devonian Oregonia Formation Ordovician Osgood Formation Silurian Osgood Limestone Silurian Osgood Shale Silurian Perth Limestone Carboniferous Petersburg Formation Carboniferous Pottsville Formation Carboniferous Raccoon Creek Group/Mansfield Formation Carboniferous Ramp Creek Formation Carboniferous Richmond Formation Ordovician Dillsboro Formation Ordovician Arnheim Formation Ordovician Dillsboro Formation Ordovician Elkhorn Formation Ordovician Liberty Formation Ordovician Waynesville Formation Ordovician Whitewater Formation Ordovician Roaring Creek Coal Carboniferous Rockford Limestone Carboniferous Salamonie Dolomite Silurian Salem Limestone Carboniferous Saluda Formation Ordovician Sellersburg Group/Beechwood Formation Devonian Shelburn Formation Carboniferous Silver Creek Formation Devonian Speeds Formation Devonian Staunton Coals Carboniferous Ste. Genevieve Formation Carboniferous Tanners Creek Formation Ordovician Tar Springs Formation Carboniferous Traverse Group Devonian Whitewater Formation Ordovician Wabash Formation Silurian Waldron Shale Silurian Waynesville Formation Ordovician

See also

Paleontology in Indiana

References