List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Louisiana

Group or Formation Period Notes
Citronelle Formation Neogene
Claiborne Group/Cook Mountain Formation Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Lisbon Formation Paleogene
Cockfield Formation Paleogene
Cook Mountain Formation Paleogene
Danville Landing Formation Paleogene
Fleming Formation Neogene
Jackson Group/Moodys Branch Formation Paleogene
Jackson Group/Yazoo Clay Paleogene
Michoud Formation
Midway Group/Logansport Formation Paleogene
Moodys Branch Formation Paleogene
New Orleans Barrier Trend
Pine Island Shale Cretaceous
St. Maurice Formation Paleogene
Vicksburg Group/Byram Marl Paleogene
Vicksburg Group/Mosley Hill Formation Paleogene
Weches Formation Paleogene
Wilcox Formation Paleogene
Yazoo Clay Paleogene

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