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Lorraine Group

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Type
  
Group

Overlies
  
Trenton Group

Sub-units
  
Utica Shale, Frankfort Shale, and the Whetstone Gulf Formation

Country
  
Canada and United States

Regions
  
Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Ontario, Québec

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.

References

Lorraine Group Wikipedia