Jackson Group
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The Jackson Group is a geologic group in Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene to Neogene period. The area is where the type specimen of Basilosaurus, an ancient whale first thought to be a reptile, was found. Exposed only in bluffs along Mississippi River with thickness at least 60 feet. Primary rock type is sand. Secondary rock type is clay or mud. Other rock types include slit and lignite. "Light gray to buff, medium- to very fine-grained silty sand, interbedded with light gray clayey silt."[2] From the Tertiary geological age.[2]
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsWhite Bluff Formation, Redfield Formation
OverliesClaiborne Group
RegionArkansas, North Carolina
| Jackson Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | White Bluff Formation, Redfield Formation |
| Overlies | Claiborne Group |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas, North Carolina |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named by | Timothy Abbott Conrad[1] |
Jackson Formation siltstones are exposed in western Tennessee in the Mississippi River bluffs.[3]
