Claiborne Formation

Geologic formation in the southern United States
Claiborne Formation
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
Cladrastis-like sp. (Claiborne Formation, Eocene; w. Tennessee)
TypeFormation
Location
RegionArkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Texas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named byTimothy Abbott Conrad[1]
Claiborne Formation - stratigraphy

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 .

See also

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References

  1. ^ Conrad, T.A. (1847). "Observations on the Eocene formation, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils of that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi, with an Appendix". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3: 280–282.
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Chronostratigraphy of Illinois
Ph
Cz
Q
Holocene
  • Glacial alluvium, drift, and loess
Pleistocene
N
Pliocene
Pe
Eocene
Paleocene
Mz
K
Upper
Maastrichtian
Campanian
Pz
C
Kasimovian
Moscovian
Bashkirian
M
Serpukhovian
Pope Mega Group
  • Grove Church
    Kinkaid Limestone
    Dagonia Sandstone
    Clore Formation
    Palestine Sandstone
    Menard Limestone
    Waltersburg Formation
    Vianna Formation
    Tar Springs Sandstone
Viséan
Pope Mega Group
Tournaisian
D
Upper
Famennian
Frasnian
Middle
Givetian
Eifelian
Lower
Emsian
New Harmony Group
Pragian
S
Ludlow
Ludfordian
Gorstian
Wenlock
Homerian
Sheinwoodian
Hunton Megagroup
  • Marcus Dolomite
Llandovery
Telychian
Aeronian
Rhuddanian
  • Blanding Dolomite
Hunton Megagroup
  • Kankakee Dolomite
O
Upper
Hirnantian
Sandbian
Middle
Darriwilian
  • Dutchtown Limestone
  • St. Peter Sandstone
  • Lower
    Tremadocian
  • New Richmond Sandstone
  • Oneota Dolomite
  • Shakopee Dolomite
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