List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas

Group or Formation Period Notes
Admire Formation Carboniferous
Admire Group/Falls City Limestone Carboniferous
Admire Group/Janesville Shale Carboniferous
Admire Group/Onaga Shale Carboniferous
Altamont Formation Carboniferous
Americus Formation Carboniferous
Ballard Formation
Barneston Formation Permian
Beattie Formation Permian
Belleville Formation
Belvidere Formation Cretaceous
Boone Formation Carboniferous
Bronson Group/Hertha Formation Carboniferous
Carlile Shale Cretaceous
Cass Limestone
Chase Formation Permian
Chase Group/Barneston Limestone Permian
Chase Group/Barnston Formation Permian
Chase Group/Funston Limestone Permian
Chase Group/Matfield Formation Permian
Chase Group/Matfield Shale Permian
Chase Group/Speiser Shale Permian
Chase Group/Winfield Formation Permian
Chase Group/Wreford Limestone Permian
Cherokee Shale Carboniferous
Cherokee Group/Cabaniss Formation Carboniferous
Cherokee Group/Riverton Coal Formation Carboniferous
Cheyenne Formation Cretaceous
Cheyenne Sandstone Cretaceous
Cimarron Group/Wellington Formation Permian
Coffeyville Formation Carboniferous
Collier Shale Cambrian
Colorado Group/Carlile Shale Cretaceous
Colorado Group/Graneros Shale Cretaceous
Colorado Group/Greenhorn Limestone Cretaceous
Colorado Group/Niobrara Formation Cretaceous
Comanche Formation Cretaceous
Comanche Group/Kiowa Shale Cretaceous
Cottonwood Formation Permian
Council Grove Group/Beattie Formation Permian
Council Grove Group/Beattie Limestone Permian
Council Grove Group/Crouse Formation Permian
Council Grove Group/Eskridge Formation Permian
Council Grove Group/Eskridge Shale Permian
Council Grove Group/Foraker Formation Permian, Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Foraker Limestone Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Foraker Limestone Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Grenola Formation Permian
Council Grove Group/Grenola Limestone Permian
Council Grove Group/Johnson Shale Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Red Eagle Formation Permian, Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Red Eagle Limestone Permian, Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Roca Shale Permian
Council Grove Group/Speiser Formation Permian
Council Grove Group/Wreford Formation Permian
Crooked Creek Formation
Crooked Creek Formation
Crouse Formation Permian
Dakota Formation Cretaceous
Dennis Formation Carboniferous
Dewey Formation Carboniferous
Douglas Group/Stranger Formation
Eiss Formation Permian
Elmdale Formation Carboniferous
Eskridge Formation Permian
Eskridge Shale Permian
Falls City Limestone
Florena Formation Permian
Foraker Formation Carboniferous
Fort Riley Formation Permian
Fort Scott Limestone Carboniferous
Garrison Formation Permian
Greenhorn Formation Cretaceous
Greenhorn Limestone Cretaceous
Grenola Formation Permian
Grenola Limestone Permian
Hale Formation Carboniferous
Hartford Limestone Carboniferous
Havensville Formation Permian
Hepler Unit Formation Carboniferous
Herington Formation Permian
Hertha Formation Carboniferous
Hollenberg Formation Permian
Howard Formation Carboniferous
Iatan Formation Carboniferous
Iola Formation Carboniferous
Janesville Shale
Kansas City Group/Drum Formation Carboniferous
Kansas City Group/Iola Formation Carboniferous
Kansas City Group/Westerville Formation Carboniferous
Kansas City Group/Wyandotte Formation Carboniferous
Kanwaka Formation
Kingsdown Formation
Kiowa Formation Cretaceous
Kiowa Shale Cretaceous
Lansing Group/Plattsburg Formation Carboniferous
Lansing Group/Stanton Formation Carboniferous
Lansing Group/Stanton Limestone Carboniferous
Lansing Group/Vilas Shale Carboniferous
Lawrence Formation Carboniferous
Lawrence Shale Carboniferous
Lost Branch Formation Carboniferous
Marmaton Group/Altamont Limestone Carboniferous
Marmaton Group/Altamount Formation Carboniferous
Marmaton Group/Fort Scott Formation Carboniferous
McPherson Formation
Meade Formation
Memorial Formation Carboniferous
Montana Group/Pierre Shale Cretaceous
Neva Formation Permian
Niobrara Formation Cretaceous
Niobrra Formation Cretaceous
Nowata Formation Carboniferous
Ochelata Group/Wann Formation Carboniferous
Ogalalla Formation Neogene
Oread Formation Carboniferous
Pawnee Formation Carboniferous
Pedee Group/Weston Shale Carboniferous
Pierre Shale Cretaceous
Pierre Shale Group/Sharon Springs Formation Cretaceous
Pillsbury Shale Carboniferous
Plattsburg Formation Carboniferous
Pleasanton Group/Seminole Formation Carboniferous
Red Eagle Formation Permian
Red Eagle Limestone Permian
Rexroad Formation Neogene
Roca Formation Permian
Roca Shale Permian
Root Shale
Sappa Formation
Schroyer Formation Permian
Seminole Formation Carboniferous
Shawnee Group/Calhouns Shale Carboniferous
Shawnee Group/Deer Creek Formation Carboniferous
Shawnee Group/Kanwaka Formation Carboniferous
Shawnee Group/Lecompton Formation Carboniferous
Shawnee Group/Oread Formation Carboniferous
Shawnee Group/Topeka Formation Carboniferous
Smoky Hill Chalk Formation Cretaceous
Speiser Formation Permian
Speiser Shale Permian
Stanton Formation Carboniferous
Stotler Limestone Carboniferous
Stranger Formation Carboniferous
Sumner Group/Wellington Formation Permian
Sumner Group/Wreford Limestone Permian
Swope Formation Carboniferous
Tacket Formation Carboniferous
Threemile Formation Permian
Topeka Formation Carboniferous
Vanheim Formation United States
Verdigris Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Auburn Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Brownville Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Burlingame Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Dover Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Emporia Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Falls City Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Howard Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Pillsbury Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Pillsbury Shale Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Root Shale Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Scranton Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Stotler Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Stotler Limestone Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Tarkio Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Wakarusa Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Wood Siding Formation Carboniferous
Wellington Formation Permian
Winfield Formation Permian
Wood Siding Formation Carboniferous
Wreford Formation Permian
Wyandotte Formation Carboniferous
Zeandale Limestone Carboniferous

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