List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma

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

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Ada Group/Ada Formation Carboniferous
Altamont Formation Carboniferous
Arbuckle Group/Arbuckle Formation Ordovician
Arbuckle Group/Kindblade Formation Ordovician
Atoka Formation Carboniferous
Baldy Hill Formation Triassic
Barnsdall Formation Carboniferous
Blaine Formation Permian
Bloyd Formation Carboniferous
Boggy Formation Carboniferous
Bois d'Arc Formation Devonian
Boone Formation Carboniferous
Bostwick Formation Carboniferous
Bromide Formation Ordovician
Brownstown Formation Cretaceous
Caney Formation Carboniferous
Cape Formation Ordovician
Carey Formation Carboniferous
Chapman Ranch Formation Ordovician
Cherokee Shale Carboniferous
Cherryvale Formation Carboniferous
Chickasha Formation Permian
Clarita Formation Silurian
Coffeyville Formation Carboniferous
Cotter Formation Ordovician
Council Grove Group/Beattie Limestone Permian
Council Grove Group/Foraker Formation Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Johnson Formation Permian
Council Grove Group/Red Eagle Formation Permian
Council Grove Group/Roca Formation Permian
Deer Creek Formation Carboniferous
Deese Formation Carboniferous
Deese Group/Boggy Formation Carboniferous
Dennis Formation Carboniferous
Dewey Formation Carboniferous
Dog Creek Formation Permian
Dornick Hills Group/Lake Murray Formation Carboniferous
Dornick Hills Group/Golf Course Formation Carboniferous
El Reno Group/Chickasha Formation Permian
El Reno Group/Duncan Formation Permian
El Reno Group/Flowerpot Formation Permian
Enid Formation Permian
Fayetteville Formation Carboniferous
Fayetteville Shale Carboniferous
Flowerpot Formation Permian
Fort Scott Limestone Carboniferous
Francis Formation Carboniferous
Garber Sandstone Permian
Gene Autry Formation/Gene Autry Shale Carboniferous
Golf Course Formation Carboniferous
Grenola Formation Permian
Haragan Formation Devonian
Hennessey Formation Permian
Henryetta Coal Formation Carboniferous
Henryhouse Formation Silurian
Hertha Formation Carboniferous
Hindsville Limestone Carboniferous
Hogshooter Formation Carboniferous
Holdenville Formation Carboniferous
Hunton Formation Devonian
Iola Formation Carboniferous
Jefferson City Formation Ordovician
Johns Valley Formation Carboniferous
Keel Formation Ordovician
Kindblade Formation Ordovician
Krebs Group/Krebs Formation Carboniferous
Krebs Group/Boggy Formation Carboniferous
Krebs Group/Hartshorne Formation Carboniferous
Lake Murray Formation Carboniferous
Lansing Group/Barnsdall Formation Carboniferous
Lansing Group/Stanton Formation Carboniferous
Lansing Group/Vilas Shale Carboniferous
Laverne Formation Neogene
Lecompton Formation Carboniferous
Leonard Series Group/Blaine Formation Permian
Leonard Series Group/Dog Creek Formation Permian
Lost Branch Formation Carboniferous
Marmaton Group/Fort Scott Formation Carboniferous
Marmaton Group/Oologah Formation Carboniferous
McCully Formation Carboniferous
Mesa Rica Sandstone Cretaceous
Moorefield Formation Carboniferous
Morrison Formation Jurassic
Morrow Formation Carboniferous
Morrow Group/Bloyd Formation Carboniferous
Nelagoney Formation Wildhorse
Nelly Bly Formation Carboniferous
Neva Formation Permian
Ochelata Group/Wann Formation Carboniferous
Ogallala Group/Ogallala Formation Neogene
Ogallala Group/Laverne Formation Neogene
Ohio Shale Devonian
Oil Creek Formation Ordovician
Omadi Formation Cretaceous
Oolagah Formation Carboniferous
Oread Formation Carboniferous
Ozan Formation Cretaceous
Paluxy Formation Cretaceous
Parajito Formation Cretaceous
Pawnee Formation Carboniferous
Pinetop Formation Devonian
Pitkin Formation Carboniferous
Red Eagle Formation Permian
Redoak Hollow Formation Carboniferous
Rexroad Formation Neogene
Sausbee Formation Carboniferous
Seminole Formation Carboniferous
Simpson Group/Simpson Formation Ordovician
Simpson Group/Joins Formation Ordovician
Simpson Group/McLish Formation Ordovician
Simpson Group/Oil Creek Formation Ordovician
Simpson Group/Tulip Creek Formation Ordovician
Skiatook Group/Nellie Bly Formation Carboniferous
Skiatook Group/Seminole Formation Carboniferous
Sloan Canyon Formation Triassic
St. Joe Formation Carboniferous
Summerville Formation Jurassic
Sumner Group/Garber Formation Permian
Sumner Group/Wellington Formation Permian
Trinity Group/Antlers Formation Cretaceous
Viola Formation Ordovician
Wabaunsee Group/Brownville Formation United States
Wabaunsee Group/Burlingame Formation Carboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Foraker Formation Carboniferous
Wann Formation Carboniferous
Wapanucka Formation Carboniferous
Wapanucka Limestone Carboniferous
Welden Limestone Carboniferous
Wellington Formation Permian
Wetumka Formation Carboniferous
Wewoka Formation Carboniferous
Wewoka Shale Carboniferous
Whitehorse Formation Permian
Winfield Formation Permian

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References

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Wikisource has original works on the topic: Paleontology in the United States#Oklahoma
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  • List of Formations in the National Geologic Map Database
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