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Cook Mountain Formation

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Cook Mountain Formation
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
Gastropoda fossils from the Cook Mountain Formation
TypeFormation
UnderliesCockfield Formation
OverliesSparta Formation
Location
RegionAlabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forCook Mountain, Houston County, Texas
Named byWilliam Kennedy[1]

The Cook Mountain Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

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  1. ^ Kennedy, William (1891). Third annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1891. Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, p. 54-57.