List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England

Group or Formation	Period	Notes
Alston Group / Knipe Scar Limestone	Carboniferous
Alston Group / Potts Beck Limestone	Carboniferous
Ampthill Clay	Jurassic
Ancholme Group / Kimmeridge Clay	Jurassic
Ancholme Group / Oxford Clay	Jurassic
Ashfell Limestone	Carboniferous
Aymestry Limestone Formation	Silurian
Baggy Sandstones Formation	Devonian
Bala Group / Chatwell Flags Formation	Ordovician
Barton Formation	Palaeogene
Barton Beds	Palaeogene
Barton Clay	Palaeogene
Bee Low Limestones	Carboniferous
Belemnite Marls	Jurassic
Bembridge Limestone	Palaeogene
Bembridge Marls	Palaeogene
Bentham Grit	Carboniferous
Berkshire Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Black Rock Formation	Carboniferous
Blackdown Greensand Formation	Cretaceous
Blackheath Beds	Palaeogene
Blue Lias Formation	Jurassic
Bracklesham Formation	Palaeogene
Bracklesham Beds	Palaeogene
Bracklesham Group / Earnley Formation	Palaeogene
Bracklesham Group / Elmore Formation	Palaeogene
Bracklesham Group / Marsh Farm Formation	Palaeogene
Bracklesham Group / Selsey Formation	Palaeogene
Bracklesham Group / Wittering Formation	Palaeogene
Bringewood Beds	Silurian
Brockenhurst Beds	Palaeogene
Bromsgrove Sandstone	Triassic
Burwell Rock Formation	Cretaceous
Calcareous Grit	Jurassic
Carboniferous Limestone	Carboniferous
Carmarthen Formation	Ordovician
Carstone Formation	Cretaceous
Caton Shales	Carboniferous
Cauldon Low Conglomerate Formation	Carboniferous
Cauldon Low Limestone	Carboniferous
Cementstone Formation	Carboniferous
Chalk Formation	Cretaceous
Chalk Marl Formation	Cretaceous
Chalk Group / "Upper Chalk" Formation	Cretaceous
Chalk Group / Lower Chalk Formation	Cretaceous
Chalk Group / Lower Formation	Cretaceous
Charmouth Mudstone Formation	Jurassic
Chee Tor Limestone	Carboniferous
Cheney Longville Formation	Ordovician
Chillesford Clay	Quaternary
Claxby Ironstone Formation	Cretaceous
Clifton Down Limestone	Carboniferous
Cockhill Marine Band	Carboniferous
Colsterdale Marine Beds	Carboniferous
Coral Rag Formation	Jurassic
Corallian Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Corallian Group / Coral Rag Formation	Jurassic
Corallian Group / Kingston Formation	Jurassic
Coralline Crag Formation	Neogene
Coralline Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Cornbrash Formation	Jurassic
Cotswold Slate Formation	Jurassic
Crag Group / Norwich Crag Formation	Quaternary
Crag Group / Weybourne Crag Formation
Creechbarrow Limestone	Palaeogene
Cromer Forest Bed Formation
Cromer Knoll Formation
Cromer Knoll Group / Spilsby Sandstone	Cretaceous
Crossdale Shales	Carboniferous
Crugan Mudstone Formation	Ordovician
Dartmouth Beds	Devonian
Denbury Crinoidal Limestone	Devonian
Dent Group / Keisley Limestone	Ordovician
Ditton Formation	Devonian
Downton Castle Sandstone	Silurian
Downton Sandstone	Silurian
Downton Group / Downton Castle Sandstone	Silurian
Downton Group / Rushall Formation	Silurian
Dufton Shales	Ordovician
Durlston Formation	Cretaceous
Duyfor Mudstone	Ordovician
East Ogwell Limestone	Devonian
Eggardon Grit	Cretaceous
Elton Beds	Silurian
Eyam Limestone	Carboniferous
Eyam Limestones Formation	Carboniferous
Farne Group / Scremerston Formation	Carboniferous
Forest Bed Formation
Forest Hollow Beds	Carboniferous
Forest Marble Formation	Jurassic
Frome Clay	Jurassic
Fuller's Earth Formation	Jurassic
Gault Formation	Cretaceous
Glauconitic Marl Formation	Cretaceous
Great Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Great Oolite Group / Bath Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Great Oolite Group / Chipping Norton Limestone	Jurassic
Great Oolite Group / Cornbrash Formation	Jurassic
Great Oolite Group / Forest Marble Formation	Jurassic
Great Oolite Group / Hampen Marly Formation	Jurassic
Great Oolite Group / Sharp's Hill Formation	Jurassic
Great Oolite Group / Taynton Limestone	Jurassic
Great Oolite Group / White Limestone	Jurassic
Great Scar Limestone Group / Ashfell Formation	Carboniferous
Great Scar Limestone Group / Danny Bridge Formation	Carboniferous
Greta Grit	Carboniferous
Habberley Shale	Ordovician
Hambleton Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Hampen Marly Formation	Jurassic
Hartshill Formation	Cambrian
Harwich Formation	Palaeogene
Hastings Formation	Cretaceous
Hastings Beds	Cretaceous
Hastings Beds Group / Wadhurst Clay	Cretaceous
Hastings Group / Grinstead Clay	Cretaceous
Headon Formation	Palaeogene
Headon Hill Formation	Palaeogene
Hempstead Formation	Palaeogene
Hilton Plant Beds	Permian
Holderness Formation
Hope Shale	Ordovician
Hopedale Limestones Formation	Carboniferous
Hotwells Formation	Carboniferous
Inferior Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Inferior Oolite Group / Chipping Norton Limestone	Jurassic
Inferior Oolite Group / Middle Inferior Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Inferior Oolite Group / Northampton Sands	Jurassic
Inferior Oolite Group / Upper Inferior Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Infracombe Slates Group / Combe Martin Slates Formation	Devonian
Insect Bed Formation	Triassic
Iron Sands	Jurassic
Junction Bed Formation	Jurassic
Keisley Formation	Ordovician
Kimmeridge Clay	Jurassic
Kimmeridge Formation	Jurassic
Kirkby Moor Flags Formation	Silurian
Ledbury Formation	Silurian
Leintwardine Formation	Silurian
Leintwardine Beds	Silurian
Lias Formation	Jurassic, Triassic
Lias Group / Beacon Limestone Formation	Jurassic
Lias Group / Blue Lias Formation	Jurassic, Triassic
Lias Group / Charmouth Mudstone Formation	Jurassic
Lias Group / Dyrham Formation	Jurassic
Lias Group / Marlstone Rock Formation	Jurassic
Lias Group / Scunthorpe Mudstone Formation	Triassic
Lias Group / Whitby Mudstone Formation	Jurassic
Lincolnshire Limestone	Jurassic
Llanfallteg Formation	Ordovician
London Clay	Palaeogene
Lower Borland Shales	Carboniferous
Lower Calcareous Grit	Jurassic
Lower Chalk Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Chalk Group / Abbott's Cliff Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Chalk Group / Cambridge Greensand Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Chalk Group / Chalk Marl Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Comley Formation	Cambrian
Lower Ditton Formation	Devonian
Lower Greensand Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Greensand Group / Atherfield Clay	Cretaceous
Lower Greensand Group / Faringdon Sand Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Greensand Group / Ferruginous Sands	Cretaceous
Lower Greensand Group / Folkestone Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Greensand Group / Hythe Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Greensand Group / Sandgate Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Greensand Group / Woburn Sand Formation	Cretaceous
Lower Hamstead Beds	Palaeogene
Lower Headon Beds	Palaeogene
Lower Limestone Group / Great Scar Limestone	Carboniferous
Lower Marl Formation	Permian
Ludlow Formation	Silurian
Lulworth Formation	Cretaceous
Lynton Slates Formation	Devonian
Magnesian Conglomerate Formation	Triassic
Malton Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Mammaliferous Crag Formation
Marl Slate Formation	Permian
Mercia Mudstone Group / Blue Anchor Formation	Triassic
Mercia Mudstone Group / Keuper Waterstones Formation	Triassic
Mercia Mudstone Group / Tarporley Siltstone Formation	Triassic
Merevale Shales	Ordovician
Middle Calcareous Grit	Jurassic
Middle Chalk Formation	Cretaceous
Middle Headon Beds	Palaeogene
Middle Inferior Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Middle Limestone Group / Five Yard Limestone VI Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Five Yard Limestone VI Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Five Yard Limestone VIa Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Five Yard Limestone VIa Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Five Yard Limestone VIb Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Gayle Limestone Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Gayle Limestone II Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Gayle Shale	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Hardrow Scar Limestone III Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Hardrow Scar Limestone III Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Hardrow Scar Limestone IIIa Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Hardrow Scar Limestone IIIb Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Hardrow Scar Limestone IIIc Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Hawes Limestone I Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Middle Limestone V Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Middle Limestone V Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Middle Limestone Va Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Middle Limestone Va Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Simonstone Limestone IV Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Simonstone Limestone IV Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Simonstone Limestone IVa Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Simonstone Limestone IVa Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Simonstone Limestone IVb Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Simonstone Limestone IVb Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Simonstone Limestone IVc Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Simonstone Limestone IVc Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Three Yard Limestone VII Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Three Yard Limestone VII Cyclothem Formation	Carboniferous
Middle Limestone Group / Underset Limestone VIII Formation	Carboniferous
Milldale Limestone	Carboniferous
Monsal Dale Limestones Formation	Carboniferous
Much Wenlock Formation	Silurian
Mytton Flag Formation	Ordovician
Mytton Flags and Tankerville Formation	Ordovician
Namurian Series Formation	Carboniferous
Norwich Crag Formation	Quaternary
Nothe Grits Formation	Jurassic
Ogof Hen Formation	Ordovician
Oldhaven Formation	Palaeogene
Oldhaven Beds	Palaeogene
Osborne Beds	Palaeogene
Osgodby Formation	Jurassic
Osmington Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Overton Formation	Silurian
Oxford Clay	Jurassic
Parrot Coal Formation	Carboniferous
Passage Beds	Jurassic
Penarth Group / Lilstock Formation	Triassic
Penarth Group / Westbury Formation	Triassic
Penarth Group / White Lias Formation	Jurassic, Triassic
Pendle Grit	Carboniferous
Penarth Group / Cotham Formation	Triassic
Penarth Group / Westbury Formation	Triassic
Petherwin Group / Baggy Formation	Devonian
Pilton Formation	Devonian
Pilton Shales	Carboniferous, Devonian
Pontyfenni Formation	Ordovician
Portland Formation	Jurassic
Portland Oolite Formation	Jurassic
Portland Group / Portland Stone Formation	Jurassic
Purbeck Formation	Cretaceous, Jurassic
Purbeck Group / Durlston Formation	Cretaceous
Purbeck Group / Lulworth Formation	Cretaceous, Jurassic
Ravenscar Formation	Jurassic
Ravenscar Group / Cloughton Formation	Jurassic
Ravenscar Group / Eller Beck Formation	Jurassic
Ravenscar Group / Lower Saltwick Formation	Jurassic
Ravenscar Group / Saltwick Formation	Jurassic
Ravenscar Group / Scalby Formation	Jurassic
Ravenscar Group / Scarborough Formation	Jurassic
Reading Beds	Palaeogene
Red Crag Formation	Neogene
Ringstead Coral Bed Formation	Jurassic
Roeburndale Formation	Carboniferous
Rutland Formation	Jurassic
Sabden Shale	Carboniferous
Saltwick Formation	Jurassic
Sandringham Sands	Jurassic
Sandringham Sandstone	Cretaceous
Sandsfoot Grit	Jurassic
Selborne Group / Gault Formation	Cretaceous
Selborne Group / Upper Greensand Formation	Cretaceous
Selsey Formation	Palaeogene
Sharp's Hill Formation	Jurassic
Sherwood Sandstone Group / Bromsgrove Sandstone	Triassic
Sherwood Sandstone Group / Otter Sandstone Formation	Triassic
Shunner Fell Formation	Carboniferous
Skegness Clay	Cretaceous
Solenopora Beds	Carboniferous
Solent Group / Bouldnor Formation	Palaeogene
Speeton Clay	Cretaceous
Spilsby Sandstone	Cretaceous, Jurassic
Stanford Formation	Jurassic
Stockdale Shales	Silurian
Suffolk Pebble Beds	Palaeogene
Tamar Group / Torquay Formation	Devonian
Tankerville Formation	Ordovician
Tarnbrook Wyre Marine Beds	Carboniferous
Temeside Shale	Silurian
Thanet Formation	Palaeogene
Blue Lias Formation	Jurassic
Torquay Limestone	Devonian
Trigonia clavellata Formation	Jurassic
Upnor Formation	Palaeogene
Upper Border Formation	Carboniferous
Upper Bowland Shales	Carboniferous
Upper Calcareous Grit	Jurassic
Upper Chalk Formation	Cretaceous
Upper Coal Measures Formation	Carboniferous
Upper Comley Formation	Cambrian
Upper Greensand Formation	Cretaceous
Upper Headon Beds	Palaeogene
Upper Limestone Group / Main Limestone IX Formation	Carboniferous
Upper Ludlow Formation	Silurian
Urswick Limestone	Carboniferous
Warwickshire Group / Kenilworth Sandstone	Permian
Waterhouses Limestone	Carboniferous
Weald Clay	Cretaceous
Weald Clay Group / Lower Weald Clay	Cretaceous
Weald Clay Group / Upper Weald Clay	Cretaceous
Wealden Formation	Cretaceous
Wealden Group / Ashdown Formation	Cretaceous
Wealden Group / Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation	Cretaceous
Wealden Group / Vectis Formation	Cretaceous
Wealden Group / Wadhurst Clay	Cretaceous
Wealden Group / Weald Formation	Cretaceous
Wealden Group / Weald Clay	Cretaceous
Wealden Group / Wessex Formation	Cretaceous
Weaver Beds	Carboniferous
Wenlock Formation	Silurian
Wenlock Shale	Silurian
Wessex Formation	Cretaceous
Westbury Formation	Triassic
Westbury Shales	Triassic
Weston Flags Formation	Ordovician
Weybourne Crag Formation
Whitby Mudstone Formation	Jurassic
Whitcliffe Formation	Silurian
Whitcliffe Beds	Silurian
White Chalk Formation	Cretaceous
White Limestone	Jurassic
Wittering Formation	Palaeogene
Woolwich & Reading Beds	Palaeogene
Woolwich and Reading Formation	Palaeogene
Wych Beds	Silurian
Yeovil Sands	Jurassic
Yoredale Group / Alston Formation	Carboniferous
Zechstein Group / Marl Slate Formation	Permian

See also

• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United Kingdom

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.