Cook Mountain Formation

Cook Mountain Formation
Cook Mountain Formation
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
	Gastropoda fossils from the Cook Mountain Formation
Type	Formation
Underlies	Cockfield Formation
Overlies	Sparta Formation
Location
Region	Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Cook Mountain, Houston County, Texas
Named by	William Kennedy

Last updated June 29, 2025

The Cook Mountain Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

References

↑ Kennedy, William (1891). Third annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1891. Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, p. 54-57.

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

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[1] Kennedy, William (1891). Third annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1891. Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, p. 54-57.

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Cook Mountain Formation

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