Lorraine Group

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

Lorraine Group Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type	Group
Sub-units	Utica Shale, Frankfort Shale, and the Whetstone Gulf Formation[1]
Overlies	Trenton Group
Location
Region	Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Ontario, Quebec
Country	Canada and United States

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.[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Indiana
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kentucky
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New York
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ohio
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ontario
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Quebec
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee

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

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.