Cook Mountain Formation
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Cook Mountain Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
Gastropoda fossils from the Cook Mountain Formation | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Cockfield Formation |
Overlies | Sparta Formation |
Location | |
Region | Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Cook Mountain, Houston County, Texas |
Named by | William Kennedy[1] |
The Cook Mountain Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kennedy, William (1891). Third annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1891. Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, p. 54-57.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.