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Navarro Group
Geological Group in North America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Navarro Group is a geologic group in Arkansas, Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.[3]
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Navarro Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Escondido Formation[1] |
Location | |
Region | Arkansas, Texas and Coahuila |
Country | United States and Mexico |
Type section | |
Named for | Navarro County, Texas |
Named by | Benjamin Franklkin Shumard [2] |
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