Cincinnati Group

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Cincinnati Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Ordovician
Cincinnetina meeki (Miller, 1875) slab 2.jpg
Brachiopod-rich Cincinnatian limestone (Waynesville/Bull Fork Formation, Ohio)
Type Group
Underlies Cataract Group, Manitoulin Dolomite Queenston Shale
Overlies Point Pleasant Formation and Trenton Group
Location
RegionFlag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky Flag of Ohio.svg  Ohio Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States

The Cincinnati Group is a geologic group in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. It is Upper Ordovician.

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