Rome Formation

{{Short description|Cambrian era geologic formation in Tennessee, United States}}

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| name = Rome Formation

| image = Triarthrus eatoni right light CRF.jpg

| caption = Trilobite from the Rome Formation

| type = Formation

| age = Cambrian

| period = Cambrian

| prilithology = sedimentary rocks

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| region = Appalachia, Midwestern United States and Southeastern United States

| country = United States

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| underlies = Conasauga Formation

| overlies = Mount Simon Sandstone and Shady Dolomite

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| extent = Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia[http://hdl.handle.net/10919/19078 Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau]

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File:Copper Creek Thrust Fault (Thorn Hill section, northeastern Tennessee, USA) 15.jpg within the Rome Formation (Tennessee)]]

The Rome Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.