Fairview Formation

{{short description|Geologic formation in Ohio}}

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| name = Fairview Formation

| image = Rusophycus pudicum trilobite trace fossils (Fairview Formation, Upper Ordovician; Hamilton County, Ohio, USA) 2.jpg

| caption = Fossils from the Fairview Formation, Hamilton County, Ohio

| type = Formation

| age = Katian{{Cite web |url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ucin1322052575&disposition=inline |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-21 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033858/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ucin1322052575&disposition=inline |url-status=dead }}

| period = Katian

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| region = Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky

| country = United States

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| underlies = Grant Lake Formation and Miamitown Shale

| overlies = Kope Formation

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The Fairview Formation is a geologic formation in Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Ordovician period.