Navarro Group

The Navarro Group is a geologic group in Arkansas and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.[3]

Navarro Group
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsEscondido Formation[1]
Location
RegionArkansas and Texas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forNavarro County, Texas
Named byBenjamin Franklkin Shumard [2]
Navarro Group stratigraphic column in Texas

See also

References

  1. "National Geologic Map Database entry: Escondido". ngmdb.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. Shumard, B.F. (1862). "Descriptions of new Cretaceous fossils from Texas". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 189.
  3. Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.


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