List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland

Group or Formation Period Notes
Arbuthnott Group/Dundee Formation Devonian
Ardwell Farm Formation Ordovician
Ardwell Group/Balclatchie Formation Ordovician
Ardwell Group/Craighead Limestone Ordovician
Balclatchie Formation Ordovician
Barr Group/Stinchar Limestone Ordovician
Bearreraig Sandstone Jurassic
Blackwell Formation Carboniferous
Broadford Beds Formation Jurassic
Bu Ness Group/North Gavel Beds Formation Devonian
Cementstones Formation Carboniferous
Cementstones Formation Carboniferous
Cementstones Formation Carboniferous
Charlestown Main Formation Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Lower Limestone Carboniferous
Clackmannan Formation Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Upper Limestone Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Lower Limestone Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Passage Formation Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Upper Limestone Carboniferous
Coal Measures Formation Carboniferous
Croisaphuill Fm. Formation Ordovician
Cutties Hillock Sandstone Permian
Dounans Limestone Ordovician
Drummock Group/Ladyburn Formation Ordovician
Drummock Group/South Threave Formation Ordovician
Drummuck Group/Lady Burn Formation Ordovician
Dryden Shale Devonian
Dundee Formation Devonian
Eday Flagstone Formation Devonian
Eday Flagstone Formation Devonian
Fish Bed Formation Silurian
Golden Grove Group/Llandeilo Formation Ordovician
Great Estuarine Formation Jurassic
Great Estuarine Series Group/Estheria Shales Formation Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Duntulm Formation Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Kilmaluag Formation Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Lealt Shale Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Lealt Shales Formation Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Valtos Sandstone Jurassic
High Mains Formation Ordovician
Hillhead Formation Devonian
Index Formation Carboniferous
Inshes Formation Devonian
Interbasaltic Plant Formation Palaeogene
Inverclyde Group/Ballagan Formation Carboniferous
Kirkcolm Formation Ordovician
Limestone Coal Group/Limestone Coal Formation Carboniferous
Lossiemouth Sandstone Triassic
Lower Limestone Carboniferous
Lower Limestone Carboniferous
Lower Limestone Group/Middle Longcraig Limestone Carboniferous
Lower Lothian Group of Calciferous Sandstone Measures (Series) Group/Garlton Hills Volcanic Formation Carboniferous
Lower Lothian Group of Calciferous Sandstone Measures (Series) Group/Garlton Hills Volcanic Formation Carboniferous
Lower Oil Shale Carboniferous
Lower Oil Shale Group/Wardie Shale Carboniferous
Lower Old Red Sandstone Group/Strathmore Group Devonian
Lower Stromness flagstone Formation Devonian
Manse Burn Formation Carboniferous
Mauchline Volcanic Formation Permian
Millbuie Sandstone Devonian
Millstone Grit Formation Carboniferous
Mulloch Hill Group/Mulloch Hill Formation Silurian
Newlands Formation Silurian
Newlands Group/Mulloch Hill Sandstone Silurian
Observatory Group/Furse Argillaceous Beds Formation Devonian
Oil Formation Carboniferous
Old Red Sandstone Group/Strathmore Group Devonian
Orchard Limestone Carboniferous
Passage Formation Carboniferous
Penkill Group/Penkill Formation Silurian
Priesthill Group/Kip Burn Formation Silurian
Priesthill Group/Patrick Burn Formation Silurian
Reservoir Formation Silurian
Sandwick Fish Beds Formation Devonian
Saugh Hill Group/Saugh Hill Grits Silurian
Scalpa Sandstone Jurassic
Second Abden Limestone Carboniferous
Second Abden Shale Carboniferous
Staffin Bay Formation Jurassic
Stonehaven Group/Cowie Formation Silurian
Strathclyde Formation Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Gullane Formation Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Kirkwood Formation Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Lawmuir Formation Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Lower Limestone Carboniferous
Superstes Mudstone Ordovician
Thurso flagstone Formation Devonian
Top Hosie Shale Carboniferous
Tyne Limestone Carboniferous
Upper Border Group/Glencartholm Volcanic Group Carboniferous
Upper Hartfell Shale Ordovician
Upper Limestone Carboniferous
Upper Oil Shale Group/East Kirkton Limestone Carboniferous
Upper Oil Shale Group/Pettycur Volcanics Formation Carboniferous
Upper Old Red Sandstone Group/Horse Road Sandstone Carboniferous
Valtos Sandstone Jurassic
Volcanic (= Lower Oil Shale) Group/Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation Carboniferous
Waterhead Group/Slot Burn Formation Silurian
West Lothian Oil Shale Group/Hopetoun Formation Carboniferous
Whitehouse Group/Mill Formation Ordovician
Whitehouse Group/Shalloch Formation Ordovician
Wick Flagstone Formation Devonian

See also

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.