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Lorraine Group

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Geologic group in the United States and Canada
Lorraine Group
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Pyritized trilobita in Frankfort Shale, Lorraine Group
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsUtica Shale, Frankfort Shale, and the Whetstone Gulf Formation
OverliesTrenton Group
Location
RegionTennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Ontario, Quebec
CountryCanada and United States

The Lorraine Group is a geologic group in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.

The group is host to pyritized trilobites and other fossils in New York including the Beecher's Trilobite Bed.

See also

References

  1. ^ Farrell, Úna C., et al., Beyond Beecher's Trilobite Bed: Widespread pyritization of soft tissues in the Late Ordovician Taconic foreland basin, Geology, v. 37 no. 10 p. 907-910


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