title: List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi
text: # List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi
  
  This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Mississippi, U.S.
  
  ## Sites
  
  | Group or Formation | Period |
  | - | - |
  | 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 |
  