Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation

The Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. The youngest unit of the Wilcox Group preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period, or Wasatchian in the NALMA classification. The formation is named for Hatchetigbee Bluff on the Tombigbee River, Washington County, Alabama.

Wasatchian correlations

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Georgia (U.S. state)
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Louisiana
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi
• Paleontology in Alabama
• Paleontology in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Paleontology in Louisiana
• Paleontology in Mississippi

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• Smith, E.A., and Johnson, L.C., 1887, Tertiary and Cretaceous strata of the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 43, 189 p.