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The Mississippian carbonates of Tennessee are very rich in fossils. [3] In the Mississippian Tennessee was home to large fish, abundant conodonts, and plants. [2] Swampy conditions prevailed in Tennessee during the later part of the Mississippian epoch. [8] During the Pennsylvanian epoch Tennessee was home to vast river systems flowing toward ...
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Tennessee, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation Period
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. †Isotelus †Kockelella †Krausella †Lingulella †Lonchodomas †Marsupiocrinus †Meristella †Meristina †Monomorphichnus †Orthoceras †Ozarkodina †Ozarkodina confluens †Paciphacops; Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites ...
Abatocrinus † Abatocrinus grandis † Acanthocrania † Acantholaminatus † Acantholaminatus multistylus † Acantholaminatus typicus † Acodus † Actinoceras † Actinoceras capitolinum † Actinoceras cuvieri † Actinoceras tenuifilum † Actinocrinites † Adinocrinus † Agaricocrinus Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Agaricocrinus americanus, or the mushroom ...
Fossils of Tennessee (9 P) ... List of the Mesozoic life of Tennessee; List of the Paleozoic life of Tennessee; D. Dunkleosteus; G. Gray Fossil Site; I. Island 35 ...
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Tennessee: Country United States: The Bigby Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. See also
Index fossils must have a short vertical range, wide geographic distribution and rapid evolutionary trends. Another term, "zone fossil", is used when the fossil has all the characters stated above except wide geographical distribution; thus, they correlate the surrounding rock to a biozone rather than a specific time period.