List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Utah

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

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Arcturus Formation Permian Blackhawk Formation Cretaceous Brazer Dolomite Carboniferous Brian Head Formation Paleogene Burro Canyon Formation Cretaceous Carmel Formation Jurassic Castle Gate Formation Cretaceous Castlegate Formation Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation Cretaceous Chainman Formation Carboniferous Chainman Shale Carboniferous Chinle Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Rock Point Formation Triassic Chisholm Formation Cambrian Colton Formation Paleogene Crystal Peak Dolomite Formation Ordovician Cutler Formation Permian Dakota Formation Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone Cretaceous Dakota Group/Cedar Mountain Formation Cretaceous, Jurassic Deseret Formation Carboniferous Deseret Limestone Carboniferous Deseret Limestone Carboniferous Dinwoody Formation Triassic Duchesne River Formation Paleogene Dunderberg Shale Cambrian Elephant Canyon Formation Permian, Carboniferous Ely Formation Carboniferous Ely Limestone Carboniferous Ely Springs Dolomite Formation Ordovician Engelmann Formation Devonian Entrada Formation Jurassic Evacuation Creek Formation Paleogene Ferron Formation Cretaceous Fillmore Formation Ordovician Fillmore Limestone Ordovician Fish Haven Dolomite Formation Ordovician Fitchville Formation Carboniferous Flagstaff Formation Paleogene Fort Union Formation Paleogene Frontier Formation Cretaceous Garden City Formation Ordovician Glen Canyon Group/Kayenta Formation Jurassic Glen Canyon Group/Moenave Formation Jurassic, Triassic Glen Canyon Group/Navajo Sandstone Jurassic Glen Canyon Group/Navajo Sandstone Group/Nugget Formation Jurassic Glen Canyon Group/Wingate Formation Triassic Glen Canyon Group/Wingate Sandstone Triassic Great Blue Limestone Carboniferous Green River Formation Paleogene Henefer Formation Cretaceous Hermosa Formation Carboniferous Honaker Trail Formation Carboniferous House Limestone Ordovician Humbug Formation Carboniferous Illipah Formation Carboniferous Iron Springs Formation Cretaceous Juab Formation Ordovician Juab Limestone Ordovician Kaibab Limestone Permian Kaiparowits Formation Cretaceous Kanosh Formation Ordovician Kanosh Shale Ordovician Kayenta Formation Jurassic Kelvin Formation Cretaceous Laketown Dolomite Formation Silurian, Ordovician Lance Formation Cretaceous Langston Formation Cambrian Laramie Formation Cretaceous Lead Bell Shale Cambrian Lehman Formation Ordovician Lodgepole Limestone Carboniferous Lone Mountain Formation Silurian Lower Wheeler Shale Cambrian Madison Formation Carboniferous Mancos Shale Cretaceous Mancos Group/Frontier Formation Cretaceous Manning Canyon Formation Carboniferous Manning Canyon Shale Carboniferous Marjum Formation Cambrian Marjum Limestone Cambrian Mesa Verde Formation Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation Cretaceous Mesaverde Group/Castlegate Formation Cretaceous Mesaverde Group/Nelsen Formation Cretaceous Moenkopi Formation Triassic Moroni Formation Neogene Morrison Formation Jurassic Nelsen Formation Cretaceous Nopah Formation Cambrian North Horn Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous Norwood Tuff Formation Paleogene Notch Peak Formation Cambrian Opohonga Formation Ordovician Oquirrh Formation Carboniferous Oquirrh Group/Bingham Mine Formation Carboniferous Oquirrh Group/Butterfield Formation Carboniferous Oquirrh Group/Oquirrh Formation Carboniferous Orr Formation Cambrian Park City Formation Permian Park City Group/Gerster Formation Permian Park City Group/Plympton Formation Permian Phosphoria Formation Permian Pioche Formation Cambrian Pogonip Group/Fillmore Formation Ordovician Pogonip Group/Wah Wah Formation Ordovician Pogonip Group/Wahwah Formation Ordovician Price River Formation Cretaceous Round Valley Formation Carboniferous Salt Lake Formation Neogene San Rafael Group/Carmel Formation Jurassic San Rafael Group/Curtis Formation Jurassic San Rafael Group/Entrada Sandstone Jurassic San Rafael Group/Page Sandstone Jurassic Sappington Formation Carboniferous Sevier Formation Neogene Sinbad Formation Triassic Soapstone Formation Carboniferous St. Charles Formation Ordovician Straight Cliffs Formation Cretaceous Stump Formation Jurassic Summerville Formation Jurassic Swan Peak Formation Ordovician Swasey Limestone Cambrian Thaynes Formation Triassic Thaynes Formation Triassic Thaynes Formation Triassic Thaynes Formation Triassic Toroweap Formation Permian Tropic Shale Cretaceous Uintah Formation Paleogene Upper Weeks Limestone Cambrian Upper Wheeler Shale Cambrian Ute Limestone Cambrian Virgin Formation Triassic Wahwah Formation Ordovician Wahwah Limestone Ordovician Wahweap Formation Cretaceous Wasatch Formation Paleogene Watson Ranch Quartzite Formation Ordovician Weeks Formation Cambrian Wheeler Shale Cambrian White Pine Shale Carboniferous

See also

Paleontology in Utah

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