List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New York

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

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Akron Formation Silurian Anse Maranda Formation Cambrian Bear Creek Shale Silurian Becraft Limestone Devonian Beekmantown Group/Fort Cassin Formation Ordovician Beekmantown Group/Rochdale Formation Ordovician Beekmantown Group/Tribes Hill Formation Ordovician Beers Hill Formation Devonian Bellvale Sandstone Devonian Bertie Group Silurian Black River Group/Trenton Formation Ordovician Black River Group/Amsterdam Limestone Ordovician Black River Group/Chaumont Formation Ordovician Canadaway Group/Alfred Shale Devonian Canadaway Group/Canaseraga Formation Devonian Canadaway Group/Cuba Formation Devonian Canadaway Group/Dunkirk Formation Devonian Canadaway Group/Gowanda Shale Devonian Canadaway Group/Java Formation Devonian Canadaway Group/Machias Formation Devonian Canadaway Group/Rushford Formation Devonian Canajoharie Formation Ordovician Cashaqua Shale Devonian Cayuta Formation Devonian Central Valley Sandstone Devonian Champlain Clay Chaumont Formation Ordovician Chazy Formation Ordovician Chazyan Group/Valcour Formation Ordovician Chazy Group/Crown Point Formation Ordovician Chazy Group/Day Point Formation Ordovician Chazy Group/Valcour Formation Ordovician Chemung Group Devonian Chesney Formation Devonian Chrysler Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Bear Creek Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Furnaceville Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Gasport Limestone Silurian Clinton Group/Glenmark Shale Silurian Clinton Group/Herkimer Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Irondequoit Limestone Silurian Clinton Group/Kirkland Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Kirkwood Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Maplewood Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Neahga Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Oneida Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Reynales Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Rochester Shale Silurian Clinton Group/Rockway Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Sauquoit Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Sodus Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Westmoreland Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Williamson Shale Silurian Clinton Group/Willowvale Formation Silurian Clinton Group/Wolcott Limestone Silurian Coeymans Limestone Devonian Conewango Group/Cattaraugus Formation Devonian Conneaut Group/Ellicott Formation Devonian Conneaut Group/Oswayo Formation Devonian Connelly Conglomerate Devonian Cotter Formation Ordovician Day Point Formation Ordovician Decker Formation Silurian Deepkill Shale Ordovician Denley Limestone Ordovician Dodgeville Facies Ordovician Enfield Formation Devonian Eramosa Formation Silurian Esopus Formation Devonian Fort Ann Formation Ordovician Fort Cassin Formation Ordovician Gardeau Formation Devonian Gardiners Clay Gasport Limestone Silurian Genesee Group/Geneseo Shale Devonian Genesee Group/Genundewa Limestone Devonian Genesee Group/Ithaca Formation Devonian Genesee Group/Lodi Formation Devonian Genesee Group/Ludlowville Formation Devonian Genesee Group/Oneonta Formation Devonian Genesee Group/Onteora Formation Devonian Genesee Group/Penn Yan Formation Devonian Genesee Group/Rock Stream Formation Devonian Genesee Group/Sherburne Sandstone Devonian Genesee Group/Sonyea Group Devonian Genesee Group/Tully Limestone Devonian Genesee Group/West River Shale Devonian Genesee Group/Genundewa Limestone Devonian Glen Aubrey Formation Devonian Gowanda Shale Devonian Great Meadows Formation Ordovician Guelph Formation Silurian Hamilton Group/Ashokan Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Bellvale Sandstone Devonian Hamilton Group/Below Genesee Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Centerfield Limestone Devonian Hamilton Group/Cherry Valley Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Delphi Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Gilboa Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Hamilton Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Jaycox Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Kiskatom Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Ludlowville Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Marcellus Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Moscow Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Mount Marion Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Panther Mountain Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Platekill Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Skaneateles Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Tully Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Tully Pyrite Devonian Hamilton Group/Union Springs Formation Devonian Hamilton Group/Moscow Formation Devonian Helderberg Group Devonian Helderberg Group/Coeymans Formation Devonian Helderberg Group/Kalkberg Formation Devonian Helderberg Group/Manlius Formation Devonian Helderberg Group/New Scotland Formation Devonian Hoyt Limestone Cambrian Irondequoit Limestone Silurian Ithaca Sandstone Devonian Jacobs Sand Java Formation Devonian Joslin Hill Formation Silurian Kalkberg Limestone Devonian Kanouse Formation Devonian Katsberg Formation Devonian Kings Falls Limestone Ordovician Little Falls Formation Cambrian Lockport Group/Gasport Limestone Silurian Lockport Group/Ilion Formation Silurian Lorraine Group/Pulaski Shale Group/Whetstone Gulf Ordovician Katsberg Formation Devonian Trenton Group/Denley Limestone Ordovician Trenton Group/Sugar River Limestone Ordovician Ludlowville Formation Devonian Manlius Limestone Devonian Marcellus Formation Devonian Meads Creek Formation equivalent Devonian Medina Group/Grimsby Formation Silurian Medina Group/Power Glen Formation Silurian Medina Group/Thorold Formation Silurian Millport Formation equivalent Devonian Napanee Limestone Ordovician Naples Group/Oneonta Formation Devonian New Scotland Formation Devonian Normanskill Formation Ordovician Oak Orchard Formation Silurian Ogdensburg Formation Ordovician Oneonta Formation Devonian Onondaga Limestone Devonian Onteora Formation Devonian Oriskany Formation Devonian Panther Mountain Formation Devonian Pine Hill Formation Devonian Portage Group/Middlesex Shale Devonian Potsdam Sandstone Cambrian Rhinestreet Formation Devonian Rochester Shale Silurian Rockway Formation Silurian Salem Limestone Carboniferous Salina Group/Cobleskill Formation Silurian Salina Group/Syracuse Formation Silurian Salina Group/Vernon Formation Silurian Sauquoit Formation Silurian Schaghticoke Formation Ordovician Schodack Formation Cambrian Selby Limestone Ordovician Shawangunk Formation Silurian Sherburne Formation Devonian Skaneateles Formation Devonian Sodus Shale Silurian Sonyea Group/Cashaqua Formation Devonian Sonyea Group/Delaware River Flags Devonian Sonyea Group/Enfield Formation Devonian Sonyea Group/Glen Aubrey Devonian Sonyea Group/Katsberg Formation Devonian Sonyea Group/Katzberg Devonian Sonyea Group/Middlesex Shale Devonian Sonyea Group/Rock Stream Formation Devonian Sonyea Group/Stony Clove Sandstone Devonian Sonyea Group/Triangle Formation Devonian Sonyea Group/Walton Formation Devonian Stockton Formation Triassic Stony Clove Sandstone Devonian Sugar River Limestone Ordovician Syracuse Formation Silurian Trenton Group/Cobourg Limestone Ordovician Trenton Group/Denley Limestone Ordovician Trenton Group/Dolgeville Formation Ordovician Trenton Group/Sherman Fall Limestone Ordovician Tristates Group/Esopus Formation Devonian Tristates Group/Oriskany Formation Devonian Tristates Group/Schoharie Grit Devonian Tully Limestone Devonian Tully Group Devonian Utica Shale Ordovician Vernon Shale Silurian Volusia Shale Devonian West Castleton Formation Cambrian West Falls Group/Beers Hill Formation Devonian West Falls Group/Honesdale Formation Devonian West Falls Group/Angola Formation Devonian West Falls Group/Beers Hill Formation Devonian West Falls Group/Chemung Formation Devonian West Falls Group/Hanover Formation Devonian West Falls Group/Hatch Shale Devonian West Falls Group/Java Formation Devonian West Falls Group/Rhinestreet Shale Devonian West Falls Group/Walton Formation Devonian Whitehall Formation Ordovician, Cambrian Williamson Shale Silurian Willowvale Shale Silurian Wiscoy Sandstone Devonian Wolcott Limestone Silurian

See also

Paleontology in New York

References