Type Geological formation Country United States Named for Selma | Other Glauconitic sandstone Primary Chalk Overlies Eutaw Formation | |
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Sub-units Mooreville Chalk Formation
Demopolis Chalk Formation
Ripley Formation
Prairie Bluff Chalk Formation Regions Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee | ||
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The Selma Group is a geological formation in North America, within the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The strata date from the Santonian to the Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. The group is composed of, in ascending order, the Mooreville Chalk Formation, Demopolis Chalk Formation, Ripley Formation, and Prairie Bluff Chalk Formation. Dinosaur and mosasaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the Selma Group.
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