List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland

Group or Formation	Period	Notes
Arbuthnott Group/Dundee Formation	Devonian
Ardwell Farm Formation	Ordovician
Ardwell Group/Balclatchie Formation	Ordovician
Ardwell Group/Craighead Limestone	Ordovician
Balclatchie Formation	Ordovician
Barr Group/Stinchar Limestone	Ordovician
Bearreraig Sandstone	Jurassic
Blackwell Formation	Carboniferous
Broadford Beds Formation	Jurassic
Bu Ness Group/North Gavel Beds Formation	Devonian
Cementstones Formation	Carboniferous
Cementstones Formation	Carboniferous
Cementstones Formation	Carboniferous
Charlestown Main Formation	Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Lower Limestone	Carboniferous
Clackmannan Formation	Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Upper Limestone	Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Lower Limestone	Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Passage Formation	Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Upper Limestone	Carboniferous
Coal Measures Formation	Carboniferous
Croisaphuill Fm. Formation	Ordovician
Cutties Hillock Sandstone	Permian
Dounans Limestone	Ordovician
Drummock Group/Ladyburn Formation	Ordovician
Drummock Group/South Threave Formation	Ordovician
Drummuck Group/Lady Burn Formation	Ordovician
Dryden Shale	Devonian
Dundee Formation	Devonian
Eday Flagstone Formation	Devonian
Eday Flagstone Formation	Devonian
Fish Bed Formation	Silurian
Golden Grove Group/Llandeilo Formation	Ordovician
Great Estuarine Formation	Jurassic
Great Estuarine Series Group/Estheria Shales Formation	Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Duntulm Formation	Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Kilmaluag Formation	Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Lealt Shale	Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Lealt Shales Formation	Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Valtos Sandstone	Jurassic
High Mains Formation	Ordovician
Hillhead Formation	Devonian
Index Formation	Carboniferous
Inshes Formation	Devonian
Interbasaltic Plant Formation	Palaeogene
Inverclyde Group/Ballagan Formation	Carboniferous
Kirkcolm Formation	Ordovician
Limestone Coal Group/Limestone Coal Formation	Carboniferous
Lossiemouth Sandstone	Triassic
Lower Limestone	Carboniferous
Lower Limestone	Carboniferous
Lower Limestone Group/Middle Longcraig Limestone	Carboniferous
Lower Lothian Group of Calciferous Sandstone Measures (Series) Group/Garlton Hills Volcanic Formation	Carboniferous
Lower Lothian Group of Calciferous Sandstone Measures (Series) Group/Garlton Hills Volcanic Formation	Carboniferous
Lower Oil Shale	Carboniferous
Lower Oil Shale Group/Wardie Shale	Carboniferous
Lower Old Red Sandstone Group/Strathmore Group	Devonian
Lower Stromness flagstone Formation	Devonian
Manse Burn Formation	Carboniferous
Mauchline Volcanic Formation	Permian
Millbuie Sandstone	Devonian
Millstone Grit Formation	Carboniferous
Mulloch Hill Group/Mulloch Hill Formation	Silurian
Newlands Formation	Silurian
Newlands Group/Mulloch Hill Sandstone	Silurian
Observatory Group/Furse Argillaceous Beds Formation	Devonian
Oil Formation	Carboniferous
Old Red Sandstone Group/Strathmore Group	Devonian
Orchard Limestone	Carboniferous
Passage Formation	Carboniferous
Penkill Group/Penkill Formation	Silurian
Priesthill Group/Kip Burn Formation	Silurian
Priesthill Group/Patrick Burn Formation	Silurian
Reservoir Formation	Silurian
Sandwick Fish Beds Formation	Devonian
Saugh Hill Group/Saugh Hill Grits	Silurian
Scalpa Sandstone	Jurassic
Second Abden Limestone	Carboniferous
Second Abden Shale	Carboniferous
Staffin Bay Formation	Jurassic
Stonehaven Group/Cowie Formation	Silurian
Strathclyde Formation	Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Gullane Formation	Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Kirkwood Formation	Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Lawmuir Formation	Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Lower Limestone	Carboniferous
Superstes Mudstone	Ordovician
Thurso flagstone Formation	Devonian
Top Hosie Shale	Carboniferous
Tyne Limestone	Carboniferous
Upper Border Group/Glencartholm Volcanic Group	Carboniferous
Upper Hartfell Shale	Ordovician
Upper Limestone	Carboniferous
Upper Oil Shale Group/East Kirkton Limestone	Carboniferous
Upper Oil Shale Group/Pettycur Volcanics Formation	Carboniferous
Upper Old Red Sandstone Group/Horse Road Sandstone	Carboniferous
Valtos Sandstone	Jurassic
Volcanic (= Lower Oil Shale) Group/Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation	Carboniferous
Waterhead Group/Slot Burn Formation	Silurian
West Lothian Oil Shale Group/Hopetoun Formation	Carboniferous
Whitehouse Group/Mill Formation	Ordovician
Whitehouse Group/Shalloch Formation	Ordovician
Wick Flagstone Formation	Devonian

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.