Navarro Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian Preκ κ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Escondido Formation |
Location | |
Region | Arkansas, Texas and Coahuila |
Country | United States and Mexico |
Type section | |
Named for | Navarro County, Texas |
Named by | Benjamin Franklin Shumard |
The Navarro Group is a geologic group in Arkansas, Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
- Paleontology in Arkansas
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas
- Paleontology in Texas
References
- "National Geologic Map Database entry: Escondido". ngmdb.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- Shumard, B.F. (1862). "Descriptions of new Cretaceous fossils from Texas". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 189.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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