List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Dakota

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

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Group or Formation ! Period ! class="unsortable"\| Notes
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Arikaree Formation	Neogene
Arikaree Group/Turtle Butte Formation	Paleogene
Ash Hollow Formation	Neogene
Batesland Formation	Neogene
Bon Homme Gravel	Quaternary
Brule Formation	Paleogene
Carlile Shale	Cretaceous
Chadron Formation	Paleogene
Colorado Group/Greenhorn Limestone	Cretaceous
Colorado Group/Niobrara Formation	Cretaceous
Deadwood Formation	Cambrian
Fort Randall Formation	Neogene
Fort Union Formation	Paleogene
Fox Hills Formation	Cretaceous
Greenhorn Formation	Cretaceous
Greenhorn Limestone	Cretaceous
Harrison Formation	Miocene
Hell Creek Formation	Cretaceous
Inyan Kara Group/Lakota Formation	Cretaceous
Judith River Formation	Cretaceous
Lakota Formation	Cretaceous
Lance Formation	Cretaceous
Rosebud Beds	Neogene
Lower Rosebud Beds	Neogene
Minnelusa Formation	Carboniferous
Monroe Creek Formation	Paleogene
Montana Group/Fox Hills Formation	Cretaceous
Montana Group/Hell Creek Formation	Cretaceous
Montana Group/Pierre Shale	Cretaceous
Morrison Formation	Jurassic
Ogallala Formation	Neogene
Paha Sapa Limestone	Paleogene
Pierre Shale	Cretaceous
Rosebud Formation	Neogene, Paleogene
Sharps Formation	Paleogene
Slim Buttes Formation	Paleogene
Sundance Formation	Jurassic
Thin Elk Formation	Neogene
Turtle Butte Formation	Paleogene
Valentine Formation	Neogene
White River Formation	Paleogene
Whitewood Limestone	Ordovician

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