This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Kansas, U.S.
Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Admire Formation Carboniferous Admire Group/Falls City Limestone Carboniferous Admire Group/Janesville Shale Carboniferous Admire Group/Onaga Shale Carboniferous Altamont Formation Carboniferous Americus Formation Carboniferous Ballard Formation Pleistocene Beattie Formation Permian Belleville Formation Belvidere Formation Cretaceous Boone Formation Carboniferous Bronson Group/Hertha Formation Carboniferous Carlile Shale Cretaceous Cass Limestone Chase Formation Permian Chase Group/Barneston Limestone Permian Chase Group/Funston Limestone Permian Chase Group/Matfield Shale Permian Chase Group/Speiser Shale Permian Chase Group/Winfield Formation Permian Chase Group/Wreford Limestone Permian Cherokee Shale Carboniferous Cherokee Group/Cabaniss Formation Carboniferous Cherokee Group/Riverton Coal Formation Carboniferous Cheyenne Sandstone Cretaceous Coffeyville Formation Carboniferous Collier Shale Cambrian Colorado Group/Carlile Shale Cretaceous Colorado Group/Graneros Shale Cretaceous Colorado Group/Greenhorn Limestone Cretaceous Colorado Group/Niobrara Formation Cretaceous Comanche Formation Cretaceous Comanche Group/Kiowa Shale Cretaceous Cottonwood Limestone Permian Council Grove Group/Beattie Formation Permian Council Grove Group/Crouse Formation Permian Council Grove Group/Eskridge Shale Permian Council Grove Group/Foraker Formation Permian, Carboniferous Council Grove Group/Grenola Formation Permian Council Grove Group/Johnson Shale Carboniferous Council Grove Group/Red Eagle Formation Permian, Carboniferous Council Grove Group/Roca Shale Permian Crooked Creek Formation Crouse Formation Permian Dakota Formation Cretaceous Dennis Formation Carboniferous Dewey Formation Carboniferous Douglas Group/Stranger Formation Eiss Formation Permian Elmdale Formation Carboniferous Eskridge Shale Permian Falls City Limestone Fencepost limestone bed Cretaceous Florena Formation Permian Foraker Formation Carboniferous Fort Hays Limestone Member Cretaceous Fort Riley Formation Permian Fort Scott Limestone Carboniferous Garrison Formation Permian Greenhorn Limestone Cretaceous Grenola Formation Permian Grenola Limestone Permian Hale Formation Carboniferous Hartford Limestone Carboniferous Havensville Formation Permian Hepler Unit Carboniferous Herington Formation Permian Hertha Formation Carboniferous Hollenberg Formation Permian Howard Formation Carboniferous Iatan Formation Carboniferous Iola Formation Carboniferous Janesville Shale Kansas City Group/Drum Formation Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Iola Formation Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Westerville Formation Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Wyandotte Formation Carboniferous Kanwaka Formation Kingsdown Formation Pleistocene Kiowa Shale Cretaceous Lansing Group/Plattsburg Formation Carboniferous Lansing Group/Stanton Formation Carboniferous Lansing Group/Vilas Shale Carboniferous Lawrence Formation/Lawrence Shale Carboniferous Lost Branch Formation Carboniferous Marmaton Group/Altamount Formation Carboniferous Marmaton Group/Fort Scott Formation Carboniferous McPherson Formation Meade Formation Memorial Formation Carboniferous Montana Group/Pierre Shale Cretaceous Neva Formation Permian Niobrara Formation Cretaceous Nowata Formation Carboniferous Ochelata Group/Wann Formation Carboniferous Ogallala Formation Neogene Oread Formation Carboniferous Pawnee Formation Carboniferous Pedee Group/Weston Shale Carboniferous Pierre Shale Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group/Sharon Springs Formation Cretaceous Pillsbury Shale Carboniferous Plattsburg Formation Carboniferous Pleasanton Group/Seminole Formation Carboniferous Red Eagle Formation Permian Rexroad Formation Neogene Roca Shale Permian Root Shale Sappa Formation Schroyer Formation Permian Seminole Formation Carboniferous Shawnee Group/Calhouns Shale Carboniferous Shawnee Group/Deer Creek Formation Carboniferous Shawnee Group/Kanwaka Formation Carboniferous Shawnee Group/Lecompton Formation Carboniferous Shawnee Group/Oread Formation Carboniferous Shawnee Group/Topeka Formation Carboniferous Smoky Hill Chalk Formation Cretaceous Speiser Shale Permian Stanton Formation Carboniferous Stotler Limestone Carboniferous Stranger Formation Carboniferous Sumner Group/Wellington Formation Permian Sumner Group/Wreford Limestone Permian Swope Formation Carboniferous Tacket Formation Carboniferous Threemile Formation Permian Topeka Formation Carboniferous Vanheim Formation United States Verdigris Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Auburn Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Brownville Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Burlingame Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Dover Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Emporia Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Falls City Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Howard Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Pillsbury Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Pillsbury Shale Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Root Shale Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Scranton Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Stotler Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Stotler Limestone Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Tarkio Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Wakarusa Formation Carboniferous Wabaunsee Group/Wood Siding Formation Carboniferous Wellington Formation Permian Winfield Formation Permian Wood Siding Formation Carboniferous Wyandotte Formation Carboniferous Zeandale Limestone Carboniferous
See also
Paleontology in Kansas
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