List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado

Group or Formation Period Notes
Alamosa Formation Pleistocene
Animas Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous
Arapahoe Formation Cretaceous
Battle Mountain Formation Carboniferous
Belden Shale Carboniferous
Browns Park Formation Neogene
Brule Formation Paleogene
Carline Shale Cretaceous
Chadron Formation Paleogene
Chinle Formation Triassic
Chinle Group/Sheep Pen Sandstone Triassic
Chinle Group/Sloan Canyon Formation Triassic
Coalmont Formation Paleogene
Colorado Group/Carlile Shale Cretaceous
Colorado Group/Graneros Shale Cretaceous
Colorado Group/Greenhorn Limestone Cretaceous
Colorado Group/Niobrara Formation Cretaceous
Creede Formation Paleogene
Cuchara Formation Paleogene
Cutler Formation Permian
D Sandstone Cretaceous
D1 Formation Paleogene
Dakota Formation Cretaceous
Dakota Group/Mesa Rica Sandstone Cretaceous
Dakota Group/Muddy Sandstone Cretaceous
Dakota Group/Pajarito Formation Cretaceous
Dakota Group/Plainview Formation Cretaceous
Dakota Group/South Platte Formation Cretaceous
Dawson Formation Paleogene
DeBeque Formation Paleogene
Denver Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous
Dotsero Formation Cambrian
Dyer Formation Devonian
Farisita Formation Paleogene
Florissant Formation Paleogene
Fort Union Formation Paleogene
Fountain Formation Carboniferous
Fox Hills Formation Cretaceous
Fox Hills Sandstone Cretaceous
Fremont Formation Ordovician
Glen Canyon Group/Navajo Sandstone Jurassic
Glen Canyon Group/Wingate Sandstone Triassic
Green River Formation Paleogene
Greenhorn Formation Cretaceous
Greenhorn Limestone Cretaceous
Harding Formation Ordovician
Harding Sandstone Ordovician
Huerfano Formation Paleogene
Iles Formation Cretaceous
Laramie Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous
Leadville Limestone Carboniferous
Lewis Shale Cretaceous
Mancos Shale Cretaceous
Manitou Limestone Ordovician
Maroon Formation Permian, Carboniferous
Martin Canyon Beds Formation Neogene
McCoy Formation Carboniferous
Mesaverde Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous
Middle Park Formation Paleogene
Minturn Formation Carboniferous
Montana Group/Pierre Shale Cretaceous
Morrison Formation Jurassic
Niobrara Formation Cretaceous
North Park Formation Neogene
Ohio Creek Formation Paleogene
Ouray Formation Devonian
Paradox Formation Carboniferous
Pawnee Creek Formation Neogene
Pierre Shale Cretaceous
Poison Canyon Formation Paleogene
Priest Canyon Formation Ordovician
Purgatoire Formation Cretaceous
Raton Formation Paleogene
Sangre de Cristo Formation Carboniferous
Sawatch Formation Cambrian
Shoshone? Formation Paleogene
Split Rock Formation Neogene
Summerville Formation Jurassic
Troublesome Formation Neogene
troublesome Formation Neogene
Vermejo Formation Paleogene
Wasatch Formation Paleogene
Washakie Formation Paleogene
Weber Formation Carboniferous
White River Formation Paleogene
White River Group/Brule Formation Paleogene
Williams Fork Formation Cretaceous

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