List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia

Group or Formation Period Notes
Acredale Formation Neogene
Allegheny Formation Carboniferous
Aquia Formation Paleogene
Athens Formation Ordovician
Bays Formation Ordovician
Benbolt Formation Ordovician
Big Stone Gap Shale Carboniferous
Bloomsburg Formation Silurian
Bluefield Shale Carboniferous
Bluestone Formation Carboniferous
Bowen Formation Ordovician
Bralier Formation Devonian
Cassville Shales Permian
Chambersburg Formation Ordovician
Charleston Sandstone Carboniferous
Bull Run Formation Triassic
Manassas Sandstone Triassic
Chemung Formation Devonian
Chepultepec Formation Ordovician
Calvert Formation Neogene
Choptank Formation Neogene
Eastover Formation Neogene
Old Church Formation Neogene, Paleogene
St. Marys Formation Neogene
Yorktown Formation Neogene
Chickahominy Formation Paleogene
Cliffield Formation Ordovician
Keefer Sandstone Silurian
Rochester Shale Silurian
Rose Hill Formation Silurian
Price Formation Carboniferous
Conemaugh Group/Ames
Ames Limestone
Hampshire Formation Devonian
Glenshaw Formation Carboniferous
Conococheague Formation Cambrian
Cotter Formation Ordovician
Cove Creek Limestone Carboniferous
Cow Branch Formation Triassic
Falling Creek Formation Triassic
Greene Formation Permian
Washington Formation Permian, Carboniferous
Waynesburg Formation Permian
Eastover Formation Neogene
Edinburgh Formation Ordovician
Eggleston Formation Ordovician
Fido Sandstone Carboniferous
Foreknobs Formation Devonian
Frederick Limestone Cambrian
Gasper Limestone Carboniferous
Gilmore Formation Permian
Gratton Limestone Ordovician
Foreknobs Formation Devonian
Hampshire Formation Devonian
Hampshire Formation Devonian
Hillsdale Limestone Carboniferous
Hinton Formation Carboniferous
Huntersville Formation Devonian
Kanawha Formation Carboniferous
Kempsville Formation
Keyser Limestone Silurian
Lantz Mills Formation Ordovician
Lenoir Limestone and Mosheim Limestone Ordovician
Liberty Hall Formation Ordovician
Lincolnshire Limestone Ordovician
Little Valley Formation Carboniferous
Longview Formation Ordovician
Martinsburg Formation Ordovician
Bluefield Formation Carboniferous
Lilydale Shale Carboniferous
Mauch Chunk Formation/Reynolds Limestone Carboniferous
McKenzie Formation Silurian
Midland Formation Jurassic
Millboro Shale Devonian
Moccasin Formation Ordovician
Pittsburgh Formation
Nanjemoy Formation Paleogene
Vinita Formation Triassic
Nineveh Formation Permian
Nolichucky Formation Cambrian
Norfolk Formation
Ohio Shale Devonian
Old Church Formation Neogene, Paleogene
Onondaga Formation Devonian
Oranda Formation Ordovician
Oriskany Formation Devonian
Otterdale Formation Triassic
Aquia Formation Paleogene
Nanjemoy Formation Paleogene
Piney Point Formation Paleogene
Pennington Formation Carboniferous
Pocono Formation Carboniferous
Patapsco Formation Cretaceous
Patuxent Formation Cretaceous
Powell Formation Ordovician
Price Sandstone Carboniferous
Martinsburg Formation Ordovician
Rockdale Run Formation Ordovician
Rockport Formation Permian
Romney Formation Devonian
Roubidoux Formation Ordovician
Shady Dolomite Cambrian
St. Louis Limestone Carboniferous
Ste. Genevieve Limestone Carboniferous
Tonoloway Limestone Silurian
Trenton Formation Ordovician
Turkey Branch Formation Triassic
Romney Formation Devonian
Wardell Formation Ordovician
Washington Formation Permian
Williamsport Sandstone Silurian
Wills Creek Formation Silurian
Witten Limestone Ordovician
Yorktown Formation Neogene

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