This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Missouri, U.S.
Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Altamont Formation Carboniferous Aux Vases Sandstone Mississippian Bainbridge Limestone Silurian Bainbridge Group/Moccasin Springs Formation Silurian Bonneterre Formation Cambrian Bowling Green Dolomite Silurian Bronson Group/Hertha Formation Carboniferous Bryant Knob Formation Silurian, Ordovician Burgner Formation Carboniferous Burlington Limestone Carboniferous Calcarenite Facies Cambrian Callaway Limestone Devonian Cape Limestone Ordovician Carterville Formation Carboniferous Cedar Valley Group/Little Cedar Formation Devonian Chanute Formation Carboniferous Chemung Formation Devonian Cherokee Shale Carboniferous Cherokee Group/Cabaniss Formation Carboniferous Cherokee Group/Drywood Formation Carboniferous Cherokee Group/Krebs Formation Carboniferous Cherokee Group/Riverton Formation Carboniferous Cherokee Group/Riverton Formation Carboniferous Chouteau Formation Carboniferous Chouteau Group Carboniferous Compton Limestone Mississippian Cotter Formation Ordovician Davis Formation Cambrian Decorah Shale Ordovician Dennis Formation Carboniferous Derby-Doerun Dolomite Cambrian Dunleith Formation Ordovician Dutchtown Formation Ordovician Elsey Formation Mississippian Elvins Group Cambrian Eminence Formation Cambrian Fern Glen Formation Mississippian Fort Scott Limestone Carboniferous Gasconade Formation Ordovician Glen Park Formation Carboniferous Gulf Group/Ripley Formation Cretaceous Hannibal Shale Carboniferous Hertha Formation Carboniferous Jefferson City Formation Ordovician Jordan Coal Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Cherryville Shale Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Dennis Formation Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Galesburg Shale Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Hertha Formation Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Iola Formation Carboniferous Kansas City Group/Wyandotte Formation Carboniferous Keokuk Limestone Carboniferous Kimmswick Limestone Ordovician Leemon Formation Ordovician Lost Branch Formation Carboniferous Louisiana Limestone Devonian Maquoketa Group Ordovician Marmaton Group/Appanoose Formation Carboniferous Marmaton Group/Fort Scott Limestone Carboniferous Marmaton Group/Pawnee Formation Carboniferous Mineola Limestone Devonian Noix Limestone Ordovician Northview Formation Mississippian Nowata Formation Carboniferous Owl Creek Formation Cretaceous Pierson Limestone Mississippian Plattsburg Formation Carboniferous Potosi Formation Cambrian Powell Formation Ordovician Reeds Spring Formation Mississippian Rich Fountain Formation Ordovician Roubidoux Formation Ordovician Salem Limestone Carboniferous Smithville Formation Ordovician Snyder Creek Shale Devonian Ste. Genevieve Limestone Mississippian St. Joe Formation Mississippian St. Laurent Formation Devonian Sulphur Springs Group Devonian Swope Formation Carboniferous Theodosia Formation Ordovician Verdigris Formation Carboniferous Warsaw Formation Carboniferous
See also
Paleontology in Missouri
References