# List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Missouri, U.S.

## Sites

| Group or Formation | Period |
| Altamont Formation | Carboniferous |
| Aux Vases Sandstone | Mississippian |
| Bainbridge Limestone | Silurian |
| Bainbridge Group/Moccasin Springs Formation | Silurian |
| Bonneterre Formation | Cambrian |
| Bowling Green Dolomite | Silurian |
| Bronson Group/Hertha Formation | Carboniferous |
| Bryant Knob Formation | Silurian, Ordovician |
| Burgner Formation | Carboniferous |
| Burlington Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Calcarenite Facies | Cambrian |
| Callaway Limestone | Devonian |
| Cape Limestone | Ordovician |
| Carterville Formation | Carboniferous |
| Cedar Valley Group/Little Cedar Formation | Devonian |
| Chanute Formation | Carboniferous |
| Chemung Formation | Devonian |
| Cherokee Shale | Carboniferous |
| Cherokee Group/Cabaniss Formation | Carboniferous |
| Cherokee Group/Drywood Formation | Carboniferous |
| Cherokee Group/Krebs Formation | Carboniferous |
| Cherokee Group/Riverton Formation | Carboniferous |
| Cherokee Group/Riverton Formation | Carboniferous |
| Chouteau Formation | Carboniferous |
| Chouteau Group | Carboniferous |
| Compton Limestone | Mississippian |
| Cotter Formation | Ordovician |
| Davis Formation | Cambrian |
| Decorah Shale | Ordovician |
| Dennis Formation | Carboniferous |
| Derby-Doerun Dolomite | Cambrian |
| Dunleith Formation | Ordovician |
| Dutchtown Formation | Ordovician |
| Elsey Formation | Mississippian |
| Elvins Group | Cambrian |
| Eminence Formation | Cambrian |
| Fern Glen Formation | Mississippian |
| Fort Scott Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Gasconade Formation | Ordovician |
| Glen Park Formation | Carboniferous |
| Gulf Group/Ripley Formation | Cretaceous |
| Hannibal Shale | Carboniferous |
| Hertha Formation | Carboniferous |
| Jefferson City Formation | Ordovician |
| Jordan Coal | Carboniferous |
| Kansas City Group/Cherryville Shale | Carboniferous |
| Kansas City Group/Dennis Formation | Carboniferous |
| Kansas City Group/Galesburg Shale | Carboniferous |
| Kansas City Group/Hertha Formation | Carboniferous |
| Kansas City Group/Iola Formation | Carboniferous |
| Kansas City Group/Wyandotte Formation | Carboniferous |
| Keokuk Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Kimmswick Limestone | Ordovician |
| Leemon Formation | Ordovician |
| Lost Branch Formation | Carboniferous |
| Louisiana Limestone | Devonian |
| Maquoketa Group | Ordovician |
| Marmaton Group/Appanoose Formation | Carboniferous |
| Marmaton Group/Fort Scott Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Marmaton Group/Pawnee Formation | Carboniferous |
| Mineola Limestone | Devonian |
| Noix Limestone | Ordovician |
| Northview Formation | Mississippian |
| Nowata Formation | Carboniferous |
| Owl Creek Formation | Cretaceous |
| Pierson Limestone | Mississippian |
| Plattsburg Formation | Carboniferous |
| Potosi Formation | Cambrian |
| Powell Formation | Ordovician |
| Reeds Spring Formation | Mississippian |
| Rich Fountain Formation | Ordovician |
| Roubidoux Formation | Ordovician |
| Salem Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Smithville Formation | Ordovician |
| Snyder Creek Shale | Devonian |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone | Mississippian |
| St. Joe Formation | Mississippian |
| St. Laurent Formation | Devonian |
| Sulphur Springs Group | Devonian |
| Swope Formation | Carboniferous |
| Theodosia Formation | Ordovician |
| Verdigris Formation | Carboniferous |
| Warsaw Formation | Carboniferous |