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Geologic formation in the southern United States
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Claiborne Formation
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
Cladrastis-like sp. (Claiborne Formation, Eocene; w. Tennessee)
TypeFormation
Location
RegionArkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Texas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named byTimothy Abbott Conrad
Claiborne Formation - stratigraphy

The Claiborne Formation or Claiborne Group is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period .

See also

References

  1. Conrad, T.A. (1847). "Observations on the Eocene formation, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils of that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi, with an Appendix". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3: 280–282.
Chronostratigraphy of Illinois
Ph
Cz
Q
Holocene
  • Glacial alluvium, drift, and loess
Pleistocene
Embayment Megagroup
N
Pliocene
Embayment Megagroup
Pe
Eocene
Embayment Megagroup
Paleocene
Embayment Megagroup
Mz
K
Upper
Maastrichtian
Embayment Megagroup
Campanian
Embayment Megagroup
Pz
C
Kasimovian
McLeansboro Group
Moscovian
Bashkirian
Raccoon Creek Group
M
Serpukhovian
Pope Mega Group
  • Grove Church
    Kinkaid Limestone
    Dagonia Sandstone
    Clore Formation
    Palestine Sandstone
    Menard Limestone
    Waltersburg Formation
    Vianna Formation
    Tar Springs Sandstone
Viséan
Pope Mega Group
Tournaisian
D
Upper
Famennian
Frasnian
Middle
Givetian
Eifelian
Muscatatuck Group
Lower
Emsian
New Harmony Group
Pragian
New Harmony Group
Hunton Megagroup
S
Ludlow
Ludfordian
Hunton Megagroup
Gorstian
Hunton Megagroup
Wenlock
Homerian
Sheinwoodian
Hunton Megagroup
Llandovery
Telychian
Hunton Megagroup
Aeronian
Hunton Megagroup
Rhuddanian
Hunton Megagroup
O
Upper
Hirnantian
  • Leemon Formation
  • Sandbian
    Middle
    Darriwilian
  • Dutchtown Limestone
  • St. Peter Sandstone
  • Lower
    Tremadocian
  • New Richmond Sandstone
  • Oneota Dolomite
  • Shakopee Dolomite
  • Є
    Munising Group


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