Cook Mountain Formation
The Cook Mountain Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
| Cook Mountain Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
 Gastropoda fossils from the Cook Mountain Formation | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Cockfield Formation |
| Overlies | Sparta Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cook Mountain, Houston County, Texas |
| Named by | William Kennedy[1] |
References
- Kennedy, William (1891). Third annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1891. Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, p. 54-57.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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