
The Claiborne Formation or Claiborne Group is a
geologic formation in
Arkansas,
Illinois,
Kentucky, and
Texas. 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 in ...
dating back to the
Paleogene
The Paleogene ( ; British English, also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period, geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million yea ...
period .
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kentucky
References
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Paleogene Arkansas
Paleogene Kentucky
Paleogene geology of Texas
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