List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi

Group or Formation	Period	Notes
Bashi Formation	Paleogene
Byram Formation	Paleogene
Byram Marl	Paleogene
Chickasawhay Formation	Paleogene
Chiwapa Formation	Cretaceous
Claiborne Group/Lisbon Formation	Paleogene
Claiborne Group/Winona Formation	Paleogene
Cockfield Formation	Paleogene
Coffee Sand	Cretaceous
Cook Mountain Formation	Paleogene
Eutaw Formation	Cretaceous
Eutaw Group/McShan Group	Cretaceous
Forest Hill Formation	Paleogene
Glendon Formation	Paleogene
Glendon Limestone	Paleogene
Jackson Formation	Paleogene
Jackson Group/Moodys Branch Formation	Paleogene
Jackson Group/Yazoo Clay	Paleogene
Kosciusko Formation	Paleogene
Marianna Limestone	Paleogene
Midway Group/Clayton Formation	Paleogene
Mint Springs Marl	Paleogene
Moodys Branch Formation	Paleogene
Owl Creek Formation	Cretaceous
Pensacola Formation	Neogene
Prairie Bluff	Cretaceous
Prairie Bluff Chalk	Cretaceous
Red Bluff Clay	Paleogene
Ripley Formation	Cretaceous
Selma Group	Cretaceous
Tallahatta Formation	Paleogene
Tuscahoma Formation	Paleogene
Vicksburg Group/Byram Formation	Paleogene
Vicksburg Group/Marianna Formation	Paleogene
Vicksburg Group/Mint Springs Formation	Paleogene
Vicksburg Group/Red Bluff Formation	Paleogene
Wautubbee Formation	Paleogene
Wilcox Group/Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation	Paleogene
Yazoo Clay	Paleogene

References

Wikisource has original works on the topic: Paleontology in the United States#Mississippi

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 22 June 2014.

Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United States

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