List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee

Group or Formation	Period	Notes
Arnheim Formation	Ordovician
Fernvale Formation	Ordovician
Benbolt Formation	Ordovician
Benbolt Formation	Ordovician
Bigby Formation	Ordovician
Birdsong Shale	Devonian
Blackford Formation	Ordovician
Borden Formation	Carboniferous
Brownsport Group	Silurian
Carters Limestone	Ordovician
Catheys Formation	Ordovician
Chatanooga Shale	Devonian
Chepultepec Formation	Ordovician
Clairborne Formation	Paleogene
Coffee Sand	Cretaceous
Coon Creek Formation	Cretaceous
Cotter Formation	Ordovician
Decatur Limestone	Silurian
Demopolis Formation	Cretaceous
Fernvale Limestone	Ordovician
Fort Payne Chert	Carboniferous
Grainger Formation	Carboniferous
Hendersonville Shale	Ordovician
Hermitage Formation	Ordovician
Holston Formation	Ordovician
Inman Formation	Ordovician
Jackson Formation	Paleogene
Lebanon Limestone	Ordovician
Leipers Formation	Ordovician
Lenoir Formation	Ordovician
Linden Formation	Devonian
Longview Formation	Ordovician
Lorraine Group/Reedsville Formation	Ordovician
Mannie Formation	Ordovician
Maryville Limestone	Cambrian
Midway Group/Clayton Formation	Paleogene
Porters Creek Formation	Paleogene
Moccasin Formation	Ordovician
Murfreesboro Limestone	Ordovician
Newman Formation	Carboniferous
Nolichucky Formation	Cambrian
Ohio Shale	Devonian
Owl Creek Formation	Cretaceous
Pewee Coal	Carboniferous
Pierce Limestone	Ordovician
Powell Formation	Ordovician
Richmond Formation	Ordovician
Ridley Limestone	Ordovician
Ripley Formation	Cretaceous
Rockdell Formation	Ordovician
Rome Formation	Cambrian
Ross Formation	Devonian
Sequatchie Formation	Ordovician
Stones River Group/Carters Limestone	Ordovician
Warsaw Limestone	Carboniferous
Wayne Formation	Silurian
Whitesburg Formation	Ordovician
Wilcox Formation	Paleogene

See also

• Paleontology in Tennessee