List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Georgia (U.S. state)

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Group or FormationPeriodNotes
Alum Bluff Group/Oak Grove Formation Neogene
Barnwell Group/Clinchfield Formation Paleogene
Blue Bluff Formation Paleogene
Blufftown Formation Cretaceous
Bridgeboro Limestone Paleogene
Chattahoochee Formation Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Gosport Sand Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Lisbon Formation Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Tallahatta Formation Paleogene
Clayton Formation Paleogene
Conasauga Formation Cambrian
Crab Orchard Mountains Group Carboniferous
Eutaw Formation Cretaceous
Flint River Formation Paleogene
Floyd Shale Carboniferous
Gaillard Formation Cretaceous
Hawthorn Group/Arcadia Formation Paleogene
Hawthorne Group/Marks Head Formation Neogene
Jacksonian Formation Paleogene
Lee Group/Vandever Shale & Rockcastle Sandstone Carboniferous
Leipers Limestone Ordovician
Lourdes Formation Ordovician
McBean Formation Paleogene
Moodys Branch Formation Paleogene
Ocala Formation Paleogene
Pamlico Formation Neogene period
Pottsville Group/Walden Sandstone Carboniferous
Providence Sand Cretaceous
Ripley Formation Cretaceous
Satilla Formation
Statenville Formation Neogene
Tobacco Road Formation Paleogene
Twiggs Clay Paleogene
Vicksburg Group/Suwannee Limestone Paleogene
Wilcox Group/Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation Paleogene

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The Crab Orchard Mountains Group is a geologic group in Georgia, United States. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

The Lee Group is a geologic group in Georgia, United States. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

The Hawthorne Group is a geologic group in Georgia, United States. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

The Barnwell Group is a geologic group in Georgia, United States. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Clinchfield Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Blue Bluff Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Chattahoochee Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Gosport Sand is a geologic formation in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Jacksonian Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Tobacco Road Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

Twiggs Clay

The Twiggs Clay is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Oak Grove Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

The Floyd Shale is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

The Vandever Shale is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

The Walden Sandstone is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

The Conasauga Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

The Gaillard Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

The Providence Sand is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

The Satilla Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia, United States. It preserves fossils.

The Lourdes Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

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