List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama

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

Group or Formation	Period	Notes
Bangor Formation	Carboniferous
Bangor Limestone	Carboniferous
Bashi Formation	Paleogene
Blufftown Formation	Cretaceous
Bucatunna Formation	Paleogene
Byram Formation
Chattanooga Shale	Devonian
Chickamauga Formation	Ordovician
Chickasaw Group/Nanafalia Formation	Paleogene
Citronelle Formation
Claiborne Group/Claiborne Sand	Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Gosport Sand	Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Lisbon Formation
Claiborne Group/Tallahatta Formation
Clayton Formation
Conesauga Formation	Cambrian
Cook Mountain Formation	Paleogene
Copper Ridge Dolomite	Cambrian
Crystal River Limestone	Paleogene
Demopolis Formation	Cretaceous
Eutaw Formation
Floyd Shale	Carboniferous
Fort Payne Chert	Carboniferous
Gosport Sand	Paleogene
Hartselle Sandstone	Carboniferous
Hatchetigbee Formation
Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation
Jackson Group/Moodys Branch Formation	Paleogene
Jackson Group/Ocala	Paleogene
Jackson Group/Yazoo Clay
Knox Group	Cambrian
Leipers Limestone	Ordovician
Lisbon Formation
Little Oak Formation	Ordovician
Longview Formation	Ordovician
Marianna Limestone	Paleogene
Mary Lee Formation	Carboniferous
Midway Group/Clayton Formation
Midway Group/Fort Gaines Formation	Paleogene
Midway Group/Naheola Formation
Midway Group/Nanafalia Formation
Midway Group/Porters Creek Formation
Midway Group/Sucarnochee Clay	Paleogene
Monteagle Limestone	Carboniferous
Moodys Branch Formation	Paleogene
Mooreville Chalk
Naheola Formation
Nanafalia Formation
Nawala Formation	Ordovician
Newala Formation	Ordovician
Ocala Formation	Paleogene
Odenville Formation	Ordovician
Pachuta Marl	Paleogene
Parkwood Formation	Carboniferous
Pennington Formation	Carboniferous
Porters Creek Formation
Pottsville Formation
Prairie Bluff Chalk	Cretaceous
Pratt Formation	Carboniferous
Providence Sand	Cretaceous
Red Bluff Clay	Paleogene
Red Mountain Formation	Silurian
Ripley Formation
Rome Formation	Cambrian
Salt Mountain Limestone	Paleogene
Selma Group/Demopolis Chalk	Cretaceous
Selma Group/Mooreville Chalk
Selma Group/Prairie Bluff Formation	Cretaceous
Selma Group/Ripley Formation	Cretaceous
Sequatchie Formation	Ordovician
Tallahatta Formation	Paleogene
Tuscahoma Sand
Tuscaloosa Formation	Cretaceous
Vicksburg Group/Red Bluff Formation	Paleogene
Waldron Shale	Silurian
Wilcox Group/Hatchetigbee Bluff
Wilcox Group/Nanafalia Formation
Wilcox Group/Tuscahoma Formation
Yazoo Clay

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama

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