Waverly Group

Waverly Group
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
Berea Sandstone-Sunbury Shale contact (Tener Mountain roadcut, Ohio)
Type	Group
Sub-units	Bedford Shale Berea Sandstone Sunbury Shale Cuyahoga Formation Logan Formation Maxville Limestone
Location
Region	Michigan, Ohio
Country	United States

The Waverly Group is a geologic group in Michigan and Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

The groups consists of the following formations: ^[1]

• Bedford Shale
• Berea Sandstone
• Sunbury Shale
• Cuyahoga Formation
• Logan Formation
• Maxville Limestone

References

1. Collins 1979, p. E4–E5. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCollins1979 (help)

Bibliography

• Pepper, James F.; De Witt, Wallace Jr.; Demarest, David F. (1954). "Geology of the Bedford Shale and Berea Sandstone in the Appalachian Basin" (PDF). Science. 119 (3094). United States Geological Survey: 512–3. Bibcode:1954Sci...119..512P. doi:10.1126/science.119.3094.512-a. PMID   17842742. S2CID   18500871 . Retrieved February 1, 2018.

External links

• Earth sciences portal
• Michigan portal
• Paleontology portal

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 22 June 2014.