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The Bangor Formation is a
geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
. It preserves
fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
dating back to the
Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...
period.


See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama *
Paleontology in Alabama Paleontology in Alabama refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the United States, U.S. state of Alabama. Pennsylvanian (geology), Pennsylvanian plant fossils are common, especially around coal mining, mine ...


References

* Carboniferous Alabama Carboniferous southern paleotropical deposits {{Alabama-geologic-formation-stub