List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia

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

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Acredale Formation Neogene Allegheny Formation Carboniferous Aquia Formation Paleogene Athens Formation Ordovician Bays Formation Ordovician Benbolt Formation Ordovician Big Stone Gap Shale Carboniferous Bloomsburg Formation Silurian Bluefield Shale Carboniferous Bluestone Formation Carboniferous Bowen Formation Ordovician Brallier Formation Devonian Bull Run Formation Triassic Calvert Formation Neogene Cassville Shales Permian Chambersburg Formation Ordovician Charleston Sandstone Carboniferous Chemung Formation Devonian Chepultepec Formation Ordovician Choptank Formation Neogene Eastover Formation Neogene Old Church Formation Neogene, Paleogene Chickahominy Formation Paleogene Cliffield Formation Ordovician Keefer Sandstone Silurian Rochester Shale Silurian Rose Hill Formation Silurian Price Formation Carboniferous Conemaugh Group/Ames Carboniferous Ames Limestone Carboniferous Glenshaw Formation Carboniferous Conococheague Formation Cambrian Cotter Formation Ordovician Cove Creek Limestone Carboniferous Cow Branch Formation Triassic Doswell Formation Triassic Eastover Formation Neogene Edinburgh Formation Ordovician Eggleston Formation Ordovician Fido Sandstone Carboniferous Foreknobs Formation Devonian Frederick Limestone Cambrian Gasper Limestone Carboniferous Gilmore Formation Permian Gratton Limestone Ordovician Greene Formation Permian Hampshire Formation Devonian Hillsdale Limestone Carboniferous Hinton Formation Carboniferous Huntersville Formation Devonian Kanawha Formation Carboniferous Kempsville Formation Neogene Keyser Limestone Silurian Lantz Mills Formation Ordovician Lenoir Limestone and Mosheim Limestone Ordovician Liberty Hall Formation Ordovician Lilydale Shale Carboniferous Lincolnshire Limestone Ordovician Little Valley Formation Carboniferous Longview Formation Ordovician Manassas Sandstone Triassic Martinsburg Formation Ordovician Mauch Chunk Formation/Reynolds Limestone Carboniferous McKenzie Formation Silurian Midland Formation Jurassic Millboro Shale Devonian Moccasin Formation Ordovician Monongahela Formation Carboniferous Nanjemoy Formation Paleogene Nineveh Formation Permian Nolichucky Formation Cambrian Norfolk Formation Neogene Ohio Shale Devonian Old Church Formation Neogene, Paleogene Onondaga Formation Devonian Oranda Formation Ordovician Oriskany Formation Devonian Otterdale Formation Triassic Patapsco Formation Cretaceous Patuxent Formation Cretaceous Piney Point Formation Paleogene Pennington Formation Carboniferous Pocono Formation Carboniferous Pocono Mountain Formation Carboniferous Powell Formation Ordovician Price Sandstone Carboniferous Rockdale Run Formation Ordovician Rockport Formation Permian Romney Formation Devonian Roubidoux Formation Ordovician Shady Dolomite Cambrian St. Louis Limestone Carboniferous St. Marys Formation Neogene Ste. Genevieve Limestone Carboniferous Tonoloway Limestone Silurian Trenton Formation Ordovician Wardell Formation Ordovician Washington Formation Permian, Carboniferous Waynesburg Formation Permian Whitesburg Formation Ordovician Williamsport Sandstone Silurian Wills Creek Formation Silurian Witten Limestone Ordovician Yorktown Formation Neogene

See also

Paleontology in Virginia

References