List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New York

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

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Akron Formation Silurian
Anse Maranda Formation Cambrian
Bear Creek Shale Silurian
Becraft Limestone Devonian
Beekmantown Group/Fort Cassin Formation Ordovician
Beekmantown Group/Rochdale Formation Ordovician
Beekmantown Group/Tribes Hill Formation Ordovician
Beers Hill Formation Devonian
Bellvale Sandstone Devonian
Bertie Group Silurian
Bertie Limestone Silurian
Black River Group/Trenton Formation Ordovician
Black River Group/Amsterdam Limestone Ordovician
Black River Group/Chaumont Formation Ordovician
Canadaway Group/Alfred Shale Devonian
Canadaway Group/Canaseraga Formation Devonian
Canadaway Group/Cuba Formation Devonian
Canadaway Group/Dunkirk Formation Devonian
Canadaway Group/Gowanda Shale Devonian
Canadaway Group/Java Formation Devonian
Canadaway Group/Machias Formation Devonian
Canadaway Group/Rushford Formation Devonian
Canajoharie Formation Ordovician
Cashaqua Shale Devonian
Cayuta Formation Devonian
Central Valley Sandstone Devonian
Champlain Clay
Chaumont Formation Ordovician
Chazy Formation Ordovician
Chazyan Group/Valcour Formation Ordovician
Chazy Group/Crown Point Formation Ordovician
Chazy Group/Day Point Formation Ordovician
Chazy Group/Valcour Formation Ordovician
Chemung Group Devonian
Chesney Formation Devonian
Chrysler Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Bear Creek Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Furnaceville Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Gasport Limestone Silurian
Clinton Group/Glenmark Shale Silurian
Clinton Group/Herkimer Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Irondequoit Limestone Silurian
Clinton Group/Kirkland Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Kirkwood Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Maplewood Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Neahga Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Oneida Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Reynales Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Rochester Shale Silurian
Clinton Group/Rockway Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Sauquoit Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Sodus Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Westmoreland Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Williamson Shale Silurian
Clinton Group/Willowvale Formation Silurian
Clinton Group/Wolcott Limestone Silurian
Coeymans Limestone Devonian
Conewango Group/Cattaraugus Formation Devonian
Conneaut Group/Ellicott Formation Devonian
Conneaut Group/Oswayo Formation Devonian
Connelly Conglomerate Devonian
Cotter Formation Ordovician
Day Point Formation Ordovician
Decker Formation Silurian
Deepkill Shale Ordovician
Denley Limestone Ordovician
Dodgeville Facies Ordovician
Enfield Formation Devonian
Eramosa Formation Silurian
Esopus Formation Devonian
Fort Ann Formation Ordovician
Fort Cassin Formation Ordovician
Gardeau Formation Devonian
Gardiners Clay
Gasport Limestone Silurian
Genesee Group/Geneseo Shale Devonian
Genesee Group/Genundewa Limestone Devonian
Genesee Group/Ithaca Formation Devonian
Genesee Group/Lodi Formation Devonian
Genesee Group/Ludlowville Formation Devonian
Genesee Group/Oneonta Formation Devonian
Genesee Group/Onteora Formation Devonian
Genesee Group/Penn Yan Formation Devonian
Genesee Group/Rock Stream Formation Devonian
Genesee Group/Sherburne Sandstone Devonian
Genesee Group/Sonyea Group Devonian
Genesee Group/Tully Limestone Devonian
Genesee Group/West River Shale Devonian
Genesee Group/Genundewa Limestone Devonian
Glen Aubrey Formation Devonian
Gowanda Shale Devonian
Great Meadows Formation Ordovician
Guelph Formation Silurian
Hamilton Group/Ashokan Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Bellvale Sandstone Devonian
Hamilton Group/Below Genesee Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Centerfield Limestone Devonian
Hamilton Group/Cherry Valley Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Continental Moscow Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Delphi Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Gilboa Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Hamilton Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Jaycox Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Kiskatom Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Ludlowville Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Marcellus Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Moscow Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Moscow Shale Devonian
Hamilton Group/Mount Marion Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Panther Mountain Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Platekill Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Skaneateles Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Tully Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Tully Pyrite Devonian
Hamilton Group/Union Springs Formation Devonian
Hamilton Group/Moscow Formation Devonian
Helderberg Group Devonian
Helderberg Group/Coeymans Formation Devonian
Helderberg Group/Kalkberg Formation Devonian
Helderberg Group/Manlius Formation Devonian
Helderberg Group/New Scotland Formation Devonian
Hoyt Limestone Cambrian
Irondequoit Limestone Silurian
Ithaca Sandstone Devonian
Jacobs Sand
Java Formation Devonian
Joslin Hill Formation Silurian
Kalkberg Limestone Devonian
Kanouse Formation Devonian
Katsberg Formation Devonian
Kings Falls Limestone Ordovician
Little Falls Formation Cambrian
Lockport Group/Gasport Limestone Silurian
Lockport Group/Ilion Formation Silurian
Lorraine Group/Pulaski Shale Group/Whetstone Gulf Ordovician
Katsberg Formation Devonian
Trenton Group/Denley Limestone Ordovician
Trenton Group/Sugar River Limestone Ordovician
Ludlowville Formation Devonian
Manlius Limestone Devonian
Marcellus Formation Devonian
Marcellus Group/Esopus Formation Devonian
Meads Creek Formation equivalent Devonian
Medina Group/Grimsby Formation Silurian
Medina Group/Power Glen Formation Silurian
Medina Group/Thorold Formation Silurian
Millport Formation equivalent Devonian
Moscow Formation Devonian
Napanee Limestone Ordovician
Naples Group/Oneonta Formation Devonian
New Scotland Formation Devonian
Normanskill Formation Ordovician
Oak Orchard Formation Silurian
Ogdensburg Formation Ordovician
Oneonta Formation Devonian
Onondaga Limestone Devonian
Onteora Formation Devonian
Oriskany Formation Devonian
Panther Mountain Formation Devonian
Pine Hill Formation Devonian
Portage Group/Middlesex Shale Devonian
Potsdam Sandstone Cambrian
Rhinestreet Formation Devonian
Rochester Shale Silurian
Rockway Formation Silurian
Salem Limestone Carboniferous
Salina Group/Bertie Limestone Silurian
Salina Group/Cobleskill Formation Silurian
Salina Group/Syracuse Formation Silurian
Salina Group/Vernon Formation Silurian
Sauquoit Formation Silurian
Schaghticoke Formation Ordovician
Schodack Formation Cambrian
Selby Limestone Ordovician
Shawangunk Formation Silurian
Sherburne Formation Devonian
Skaneateles Formation Devonian
Sodus Shale Silurian
Sonyea Group/Cashaqua Formation Devonian
Sonyea Group/Delaware River Flags Devonian
Sonyea Group/Enfield Formation Devonian
Sonyea Group/Glen Aubrey Devonian
Sonyea Group/Katsberg Formation Devonian
Sonyea Group/Katzberg Devonian
Sonyea Group/Middlesex Shale Devonian
Sonyea Group/Rock Stream Formation Devonian
Sonyea Group/Stony Clove Sandstone Devonian
Sonyea Group/Triangle Formation Devonian
Sonyea Group/Walton Formation Devonian
Stockton Formation Triassic
Stony Clove Sandstone Devonian
Sugar River Limestone Ordovician
Syracuse Formation Silurian
Trenton Group/Cobourg Limestone Ordovician
Trenton Group/Denley Limestone Ordovician
Trenton Group/Dolgeville Formation Ordovician
Trenton Group/Sherman Fall Limestone Ordovician
Tristates Group/Esopus Formation Devonian
Tristates Group/Oriskany Formation Devonian
Tristates Group/Schoharie Grit Devonian
Tully Limestone Devonian
Tully Group Devonian
Utica Shale Ordovician
Vernon Shale Silurian
Volusia Shale Devonian
West Castleton Formation Cambrian
West Fall Group/Beers Hill Formation Devonian
West Fall Group/Honesdale Formation Devonian
West Falls Group/Angola Formation Devonian
West Falls Group/Beers Hill Formation Devonian
West Falls Group/Chemung Formation Devonian
West Falls Group/Hanover Formation Devonian
West Falls Group/Hatch Shale Devonian
West Falls Group/Java Formation Devonian
West Falls Group/Rhinestreet Shale Devonian
West Falls Group/Walton Formation Devonian
Whitehall Formation Ordovician, Cambrian
Williamson Shale Silurian
Willowvale Shale Silurian
Wiscoy Sandstone Devonian
Wolcott Limestone Silurian

See also

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References

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Wikisource has original works on the topic: Paleontology in the United States#New York
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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