List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica.

SupergroupGroupFormationPeriodNotes
Sorsdal FormationZanclean[1]
Heidemann Valley Trench FormationPliocene[2]
Destruction Bay FormationEarly Miocene[3]
Sirius GroupMeyer Desert Formation - biotaMiddle Miocene[4]
Cape Melville FormationMiocene[5]
Polonez Cove FormationOligocene-Pliocene[6]
Bay FormationChattian[7]
Fildes FormationEocene[8]
Cross Valley FormationLate Cretaceous-Late Paleocene[9]
Seymour Island GroupLa Meseta FormationYpresian-Priabonian[10]
López de Bertodano FormationMaastrichtian-Danian[11]
Marambio Group
Sobral FormationSantonian-Danian[12]
Snow Hill Island FormationCampanian-Maastrichtian[13]
Santa Marta FormationSantonian-Campanian[14]
Zamek FormationCampanian-Maastrichtian[15]
Half Three Point FormationCampanian-Maastrichtian[16]
Gustav GroupHidden Lake FormationConiacian-Santonian[17]
Whisky Bay FormationAlbian-Coniacian[18]
Kotick Point FormationAptian-Albian[19]
Fossil Bluff GroupTriton Point FormationLate Albian[20]
Neptune Glacier FormationLate Albian[21]
Pluto Glacier FormationLate Aptian-Albian[22]
Himalia Ridge FormationTithonian-Berriasian[23]
Cerro Negro FormationAptian[24]
Lagrelius Point FormationEarly Aptian[25]
Pedersen FormationEarly Aptian[26]
Spartan Glacier FormationValanginian-Aptian[27]
Byers GroupChester Cone FormationBerriasian-Valanginian[28]
President Beaches FormationBerriasian[29]
Devils Point FormationTithonian-Berriasian[30]
Anchorage FormationTithonian-Berriasian[31]
Ameghino FormationKimmeridgian-Berriasian[32]
Ablation Point FormationKimmeridgian[33]
Latady GroupHauberg Mountains FormationCallovian-Tithonian[34]
Ellsworth Land Volcanic Group Mount Poster FormationToarcian[35]
Sweeney FormationToarcian[35]
Botany Bay GroupMount Flora FormationBathonian[36]
Camp Hill FormationEarly Jurassic[37]
Carapace FormationToarcian[38]
Selene Nunatak FormationPliensbachian-Toarcian[39]
Victoria GroupHanson FormationHettangian-Pliensbachian[40]
Lashly FormationCarnian[41]
Beacon SupergroupFremouw FormationEarly-Late Triassic[42]
Buckley FormationCapitanian[43]
Takrouna FormationSakmarian[44]
Mount Glossopteris FormationLopingian[45]
Bainmedart Coal MeasuresWordian[46]
Polarstar FormationGuadalupian[47]
Radock FormationKungurian[48]
Weller Coal MeasuresArtinskian[49]
LeMay GroupLully Foothills FormationSinemurian[50]
Mount King FormationSerpukhovian-Bashkirian[51]
Crashsite GroupMount Wyatt Earp FormationEarly Devonian[52]
Horlick FormationEarly Devonian[53]
Minaret FormationGuzhangian-Cambrian Stage 10[54]
Nelson LimestoneGuzhangian[55]
Spurs FormationWuliuan-Drumian[56]
Taylor FormationWuliuan[57]
Schneider Hills LimestoneCambrian Stage 3-Stage 4[58]
Cape Melville FormationCambrian Stage 3[59]
Byrd GroupShackleton LimestoneCambrian Stage 3[60]
Mount Spann FormationCambrian Stage 2-Guzhangian[61]


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