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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Republic of Ireland

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Ballyadams FormationCarboniferous
Ballysteen Limestone FormationCarboniferous
Boyne Group/Feltrim FormationCarboniferous
Boyne Group/Slane Castle FormationCarboniferous
Carboniferous FormationCarboniferous
Clashford House FormationOrdovician
Clogrenan FormationCarboniferous
Cloonnamna FormationSilurian
Courtown FormationOrdovician
Dartry Limestone FormationCarboniferous
Drom Point FormationSilurian
Duncannon FormationOrdovician
Duncannon Group/Campile FormationOrdovician
Duncannon Group/Portrane Limestone FormationOrdovician
Duncannon Group/Tramore Limestone FormationOrdovician
Feltrim FormationCarboniferous
Ferriters Cove FormationSilurian
Fingal Group/Lucan FormationCarboniferous
Fingal Group/Naul FormationCarboniferous
Fingal Group/Tober Colleen FormationCarboniferous
Glencar Limestone FormationCarboniferous
Grange Allen FormationOrdovician
Grangegeeth Group/Knockerk FormationOrdovician
Harrylock FormationDevonian
Hollyford FormationSilurian
Holmpatrick FormationCarboniferous
Hook head FormationCarboniferous
Kilbride FormationSilurian
Kilbride Limestone FormationCarboniferous
Kilcoan Sands Formation Cretaceous
Kildare Limestone FormationOrdovician
Kilmore Sandstone Group/Coomhola FormationCarboniferous, Devonian
Kiltorcan FormationDevonian
Kiltorcan beds FormationDevonian
Knockerk FormationOrdovician
Lane FormationCarboniferous
Limerick Limestone FormationCarboniferous
Lough Shee Mudrocks FormationOrdovician
Lower Bricklieve Limestone FormationCarboniferous
Mullaghfin FormationCarboniferous
Murrisk Group/Mweelrea FormationOrdovician
Navan Group/Liscartan FormationCarboniferous
Navan Group/Meath FormationCarboniferous
Navan Group/Moathill FormationCarboniferous
New Red Sandstone Group /
 Kingscourt Gypsum Formation		Permian
New Red Sandstone Group /
 Kingscourt Sandstone Formation		Triassic
Old Red Sandstone Group/Kiltorcan FormationDevonian
Porter's Gate FormationCarboniferous
Ribband Group/Booley Bay FormationCambrian
Tourmakeady FormationOrdovician
Upper Bricklieve Limestone FormationCarboniferous
Upper Shawly Beds FormationCarboniferous
West Cork Sandstone FormationCarboniferous
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References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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