The Gering Formation is a
geologic group
Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Eart ...
in
Nebraska. 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 Nebraska
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Nebraska, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in Nebraska
References
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Nebraska
Stratigraphi ...
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Paleontology in Nebraska The location of the state of Nebraska
Paleontology in Nebraska refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Nebraska. Nebraska is world-famous as a source of fossils. During the early Paleozoic ...
References
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Paleogene geology of Nebraska
Paleogene geology of Wyoming
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