The Marianna Limestone is a
limestone geologic formation located in
Alabama, northwestern
Florida, and
Mississippi.
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 of the early
Cenozoic Era.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Florida
See also
* Paleontology in Florida
References
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Florida
Stratigraphic units
Stratigraphy of Florida
Florida geography-related lists
United States geology-related lists ...
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi
References
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Limestone formations of the United States
Geologic formations of Alabama
Geologic formations of Florida
Geologic formations of Mississippi
Paleogene Alabama
Paleogene Florida
Paleogene Mississippi
Paleogene stratigraphic units of North America
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