title: List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
text: # List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
  
  This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Missouri, U.S.
  
  ## Sites
  
  | Group or Formation | Period |
  | - | - |
  | Altamont Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Aux Vases Sandstone | Mississippian |
  | Bainbridge Limestone | Silurian |
  | Bainbridge Group/Moccasin Springs Formation | Silurian |
  | Bonneterre Formation | Cambrian |
  | Bowling Green Dolomite | Silurian |
  | Bronson Group/Hertha Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Bryant Knob Formation | Silurian, Ordovician |
  | Burgner Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Burlington Limestone | Carboniferous |
  | Calcarenite Facies | Cambrian |
  | Callaway Limestone | Devonian |
  | Cape Limestone | Ordovician |
  | Carterville Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Cedar Valley Group/Little Cedar Formation | Devonian |
  | Chanute Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Chemung Formation | Devonian |
  | Cherokee Shale | Carboniferous |
  | Cherokee Group/Cabaniss Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Cherokee Group/Drywood Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Cherokee Group/Krebs Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Cherokee Group/Riverton Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Cherokee Group/Riverton Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Chouteau Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Chouteau Group | Carboniferous |
  | Compton Limestone | Mississippian |
  | Cotter Formation | Ordovician |
  | Davis Formation | Cambrian |
  | Decorah Shale | Ordovician |
  | Dennis Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Derby-Doerun Dolomite | Cambrian |
  | Dunleith Formation | Ordovician |
  | Dutchtown Formation | Ordovician |
  | Elsey Formation | Mississippian |
  | Elvins Group | Cambrian |
  | Eminence Formation | Cambrian |
  | Fern Glen Formation | Mississippian |
  | Fort Scott Limestone | Carboniferous |
  | Gasconade Formation | Ordovician |
  | Glen Park Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Gulf Group/Ripley Formation | Cretaceous |
  | Hannibal Shale | Carboniferous |
  | Hertha Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Jefferson City Formation | Ordovician |
  | Jordan Coal | Carboniferous |
  | Kansas City Group/Cherryville Shale | Carboniferous |
  | Kansas City Group/Dennis Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Kansas City Group/Galesburg Shale | Carboniferous |
  | Kansas City Group/Hertha Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Kansas City Group/Iola Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Kansas City Group/Wyandotte Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Keokuk Limestone | Carboniferous |
  | Kimmswick Limestone | Ordovician |
  | Leemon Formation | Ordovician |
  | Lost Branch Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Louisiana Limestone | Devonian |
  | Maquoketa Group | Ordovician |
  | Marmaton Group/Appanoose Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Marmaton Group/Fort Scott Limestone | Carboniferous |
  | Marmaton Group/Pawnee Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Mineola Limestone | Devonian |
  | Noix Limestone | Ordovician |
  | Northview Formation | Mississippian |
  | Nowata Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Owl Creek Formation | Cretaceous |
  | Pierson Limestone | Mississippian |
  | Plattsburg Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Potosi Formation | Cambrian |
  | Powell Formation | Ordovician |
  | Reeds Spring Formation | Mississippian |
  | Rich Fountain Formation | Ordovician |
  | Roubidoux Formation | Ordovician |
  | Salem Limestone | Carboniferous |
  | Smithville Formation | Ordovician |
  | Snyder Creek Shale | Devonian |
  | Ste. Genevieve Limestone | Mississippian |
  | St. Joe Formation | Mississippian |
  | St. Laurent Formation | Devonian |
  | Sulphur Springs Group | Devonian |
  | Swope Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Theodosia Formation | Ordovician |
  | Verdigris Formation | Carboniferous |
  | Warsaw Formation | Carboniferous |
  