List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
# List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada

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

## Sites

| Group or Formation | Period |
| - | - |
| Al Rose Formation | Ordovician |
| Aldrich Station Formation | Neogene |
| Antelope Valley Formation | Ordovician |
| Antler Peak Formation | Permian |
| Arcturus Formation | Permian |
| Arcturus Group/Loray Formation | Permian |
| Augusta Mountain Formation | Triassic |
| Badger Flat Formation | Ordovician |
| Banner Formation | Carboniferous |
| Barrel Springs Formation | Ordovician |
| Bird Spring Formation | Permian, Carboniferous |
| Bird Spring Group/Indian Springs Formation | Carboniferous |
| Bonanza King Formation | Cambrian |
| Buckskin Mountain Formation | Permian |
| Buffalo Canyon Formation | Neogene |
| Caesar Canyon Limestone | Ordovician |
| Campito Formation | Cambrian |
| Candelaria Formation | Triassic |
| Carlin Formation | Neogene |
| Carrara Formation | Cambrian |
| Chainman Formation | Carboniferous |
| Chainman Shale | Carboniferous |
| Chisholm Shale | Cambrian |
| Chloropagus Formation | Neogene |
| Coal Valley Formation | Neogene |
| Coils Creek Limestone | Devonian |
| Copenhagen Formation | Ordovician |
| Corset Spring Shale | Cambrian |
| Davis Spring Formation | Carboniferous |
| Deep Spring Formation | Cambrian |
| Denay Limestone | Devonian |
| Desert Peak Formation | Neogene |
| Devils Gate Limestone | Devonian |
| Diamond Peak Formation | Carboniferous |
| Dinwoody Formation | Triassic |
| Dry Canyon Formation | Triassic |
| Dun Glen Formation | Triassic |
| Dunderberg Shale | Cambrian |
| Dunlap Formation | Jurassic |
| Elko Formation | Paleogene |
| Elko Shales Formation | Neogene |
| Ely Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Ely Springs Dolomite | Ordovician |
| Ely Group/Moleen Formation | Carboniferous |
| Emigrant Springs Formation | Cambrian |
| Esmeralda Formation | Neogene |
| Eureka Quartzite | Ordovician |
| Excelsior Formation | Triassic |
| Favret Formation | Triassic |
| Ferguson Mountain Formation | Permian |
| Fish Haven Dolomite | Ordovician |
| Gabbs Formation | Jurassic, Triassic |
| Goodwin Limestone | Ordovician |
| Goughs Canyon Formation | Carboniferous |
| Grantsville Formation | Triassic |
| Guilmette Formation | Devonian |
| Hales Limestone | Cambrian |
| Hamburg Formation | Cambrian |
| Hanson Creek Formation | Ordovician |
| Happy Creek Formation | Permian |
| Harkless Formation | Cambrian |
| Hay Ranch Formation | Neogene |
| Horse Spring Formation | Neogene |
| Hosselkus Formation | Triassic |
| Hoyt Canyon Formation | Triassic |
| Humboldt Formation | Neogene |
| Indian Springs Formation | Carboniferous |
| Inskip Formation | Carboniferous |
| Joana Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Johns Wash Limestone | Cambrian |
| Johnson Spring Formation | Ordovician |
| Kaibab Limestone | Permian |
| Kanosh Formation | Ordovician |
| Kanosh Formation | Ordovician |
| Laketown Dolomite | Silurian |
| Lehman Formation | Ordovician |
| Lincoln Peak Formation | Cambrian |
| Lone Mountain Dolomite | Silurian |
| Loray Formation | Permian |
| Nevada Group/McColley Canyon Formation | Devonian |
| Pogonip Group/Yellow Hill Limestone | Ordovician |
| Luning Formation | Triassic |
| McColley Canyon Formation | Devonian |
| McMonnigal Limestone | Devonian |
| Middlegate Formation | Neogene |
| Moenkopi Formation | Triassic |
| Monarch Mill Formation | Neogene |
| Muddy Creek Formation | Neogene |
| Mule Spring Limestone | Cambrian |
| Murdock Mountain Formation | Permian |
| Nevada Group/Denay Limestone | Devonian |
| Ninemile Formation | Ordovician |
| Ninemile Shale | Ordovician |
| Ninemile Group/Lower Antelope Valley Formation | Ordovician |
| Nopah Formation | Cambrian |
| Opd Unit Formation | Ordovician |
| Osobb Formation | Triassic |
| Panaca Formation | Neogene |
| Park City Group/Gerster Formation | Permian |
| Park City Group/Plympton Formation | Permian |
| Pequop Formation | Permian |
| Perkins Canyon Formation | Ordovician |
| Phosphoria Formation | Permian |
| Pioche Formation | Cambrian |
| Pioche Shale | Cambrian |
| Pit Formation | Triassic |
| Piute Formation | Devonian |
| Pogonip Group/Antelope Valley Formation | Ordovician |
| Pogonip Group/Antelope Valley Limestone | Ordovician |
| Pogonip Group/Copenhagen Formation | Ordovician |
| Pogonip Group/Goodwin Formation | Ordovician |
| Pogonip Group/Shingle Limestone | Ordovician |
| Poleta Formation | Cambrian |
| Portuguese Springs Formation | Permian |
| Preble Formation | Cambrian |
| Prida Formation | Triassic |
| Pyramid Formation | Neogene |
| Quinn River Formation | Permian |
| Rabbit Hill Limestone | Devonian |
| Raiff Limestone | Cambrian |
| Raine Ranch Formation | Neogene |
| Rib Hill Formation | Permian |
| Riepe Spring Formation | Permian, Carboniferous |
| Riepetown Formation | Permian |
| Roberts Mountains Formation | Devonian, Silurian |
| Schoonover Formation | Permian |
| Scott Canyon Formation | Cambrian |
| Secret Canyon Formation | Cambrian |
| Shafter Formation | Cambrian |
| Sheep Pass Formation | Paleogene |
| Shingle Pass Limestone | Ordovician |
| Star Peak Formation | Triassic |
| Star Peak Group/Augusta Formation | Triassic |
| Star Peak Group/Favret Formation | Triassic |
| Star Peak Group/Priada Formation | Triassic |
| Star Peak Group/Prida Formation | Triassic |
| Sterling Quartzite Formation | Ediacaran |
| Sultan Formation | Devonian |
| Sunflower Formation | Permian |
| Sunrise Formation | Jurassic |
| Swan Peak Formation | Ordovician |
| Swarbrick Formation | Cambrian |
| Telegraph Canyon Formation | Devonian |
| Thaynes Formation | Triassic |
| Thaynes Limestone | Triassic |
| Tor Limestone | Devonian |
| Toroweap Formation | Permian |
| Truckee Formation | Neogene |
| Tybo Shale | Cambrian |
| Valmy Group/Jacks Peak Formation | Ordovician |
| Vinini Formation | Ordovician |
| Virgin Valley Formation | Neogene |
| Weber Formation | Cretaceous |
| West Range Limestone | Devonian |
| Whipple Cave Formation | Cambrian |
| White Narrows Formation | United States |
| White Pine Shale | Carboniferous |
| Windfall Formation | Ordovician, Cambrian |
| Windmill Limestone | Devonian |
| Winnemucca Formation | Triassic |
| Wood Canyon Formation | Ediacaran |
| Yellow Hill Formation | Ordovician |
