Grainger Formation Explained

Grainger Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Early Mississippian
Period:	Mississippian
Region:	,,

The Grainger Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the early Mississippian subperiod of the Carboniferous period.^[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kentucky
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
• Paleontology in Tennessee
• Paleontology in Kentucky
• Paleontology in Virginia

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021. 25 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home. live.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hasson, Kenneth O.. The Appalachian Geology of John M. Dennison: Rocks, People, and a Few Good Restaurants along the Way: Geological Society of America Special Paper 545. Geological Society of America. 2020. Avary. K.L.. Lithostratigraphy of the Early Mississippian Grainger Formation and related strata in northeastern Tennessee. 10.1130/2020.2545(06). Hasson. K.O.. Diecchio. R.J..