The Clinchfield Formation is a
geologic formation in
Georgia. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Paleogene
The Paleogene ( ; British English, also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period, geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million yea ...
period. It preserves the most diverse Eocene fossil turtle assemblage in all of southeastern North America.
See also
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Paleontology in Georgia (U.S. state)
References
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Paleogene Georgia (U.S. state)
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