Claiborne Formation

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Claiborne Formation
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
Cladrastis-like sp. (Claiborne Formation, Eocene; w. Tennessee, USA) (49034345168).jpg
Cladrastis-like sp. (Claiborne Formation, Eocene; w. Tennessee)
Type Formation
Location
Region Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Texas
Country United States
Type section
Named by Timothy Abbott Conrad [1]
Claiborne Formation - stratigraphy Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippian and Alabama stratigraphic column.png
Claiborne Formation - stratigraphy

The Claiborne Formation or Claiborne Group is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period .

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References

  1. Conrad, T.A. (1847). "Observations on the Eocene formation, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils of that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi, with an Appendix". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3: 280–282.