Navarro Group
{{Short description|Geological Group in North America}}
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| name = Navarro Group
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| type = Group
| age = Late Cretaceous, {{fossilrange|Maastrichtian}}
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| namedfor = Navarro County, Texas
| namedby = Benjamin Franklin Shumard{{cite journal|last1=Shumard|first1=B.F.|author-link=Benjamin Franklin Shumard |title=Descriptions of new Cretaceous fossils from Texas|journal=Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History|date=1862|volume=8|page=189}}
| region = Arkansas, Texas and Coahuila
| country = United States and Mexico
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| subunits = Escondido Formation{{cite web |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/Units/Escondido_7656.html |title=National Geologic Map Database entry: Escondido |author= |date= |website=ngmdb.usgs.gov |publisher=United States Geological Survey |access-date=8 November 2019 |quote=}}
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File:Austin Chalk stratigraphic column in Texas.png in Texas]]
The Navarro Group is a geologic group in Arkansas, Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.{{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}
See also
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Category:Geologic groups of Arkansas
Category:Geologic groups of Texas
Category:Cretaceous System of North America
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