| Tuscahoma Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region |  Mississippi |
| Country |  United States |
The Tuscahoma Formation is a geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
| Tuscahoma Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Mississippi |
| Country | United States |
The Tuscahoma Formation is a geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
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.
The Jackson Group is a geologic group in Arkansas and North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene to Neogene period. The area is where the type specimen of Basilosaurus and ancient whale confused to be a reptile was found.
The Rome Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.
The Owl Creek Formation is a geologic formation ranging from Tennessee to Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Ornithomimids and ceratopsid remains are known from the formation. The ceratopsid tooth could represent a chasmosaurine.
The Jackson Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period. Exposed only in bluffs along Mississippi River with thickness at least 60 feet. Primary rock type is sand. Secondary rock type is clay or mud. Other rock types include slit and lignite. "Light gray to buff, medium- to very fine-grained silty sand, interbedded with light gray clayey silt." From the Tertiary geological age.
The Java Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. The formation comprises the Pipe Creek Shale, Wiscoy Sandstone Member in New York, and Hanover Shale Member except in Tennessee.
The Gosport Sand is a geologic formation in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The Tallahatta Formation is a geologic formation found on the surface in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. It is also located in the subsurface of Kentucky. The Tallahatta formation is part of the Claiborne Group and contains four members: the Basic City Shale in Mississippi, the Holy Springs Sand Member in Mississippi, the Meridian Sand Member in Alabama and Mississippi, and the Neshoba Sand Member in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period, specifically the Eocene.
The Salt Mountain Limestone is a geologic formation in southern Alabama and Mississippi.
The Prairie Bluff Chalk is a geologic formation in Alabama and Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Chickasawhay Formation is a geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The Byram Marl is a geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The Winona Formation is a sand geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The Forest Hill Formation is a geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The Kosciusko Formation is a geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The Windrow Formation is a geologic formation in Minnesota named after Windrow Bluff on Fort McCoy, Monroe County, Wisconsin. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Wabaunsee Formation is a geologic formation in Kansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
The Ouray Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.
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