# List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland

| Group or Formation | Period |
| 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 |