List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Republic of Ireland

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

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