List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Kansas, U.S.

Sites

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	Pleistocene
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/Funston Limestone	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 Sandstone	Cretaceous
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 Limestone	Permian
Council Grove Group/Beattie Formation	Permian
Council Grove Group/Crouse Formation	Permian
Council Grove Group/Eskridge Shale	Permian
Council Grove Group/Foraker Formation	Permian, Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Grenola Formation	Permian
Council Grove Group/Johnson Shale	Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Red Eagle Formation	Permian, Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Roca Shale	Permian
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 Shale	Permian
Falls City Limestone
Fencepost limestone bed	Cretaceous
Florena Formation	Permian
Foraker Formation	Carboniferous
Fort Hays Limestone Member	Cretaceous
Fort Riley Formation	Permian
Fort Scott Limestone	Carboniferous
Garrison Formation	Permian
Greenhorn Limestone	Cretaceous
Grenola Formation	Permian
Grenola Limestone	Permian
Hale Formation	Carboniferous
Hartford Limestone	Carboniferous
Havensville Formation	Permian
Hepler Unit	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	Pleistocene
Kiowa Shale	Cretaceous
Lansing Group/Plattsburg Formation	Carboniferous
Lansing Group/Stanton Formation	Carboniferous
Lansing Group/Vilas Shale	Carboniferous
Lawrence Formation/Lawrence Shale	Carboniferous
Lost Branch Formation	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
Nowata Formation	Carboniferous
Ochelata Group/Wann Formation	Carboniferous
Ogallala 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
Rexroad Formation	Neogene
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 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
Wyandotte Formation	Carboniferous
Zeandale Limestone	Carboniferous

See also

• Paleontology in Kansas

References

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