Detroit River Group
Geologic group in Michigan and Ohio
| Detroit River Group | |
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| Stratigraphic range: Devonian | |
 Lucas Dolomite, upper Detroit River Group, Middle Devonian (quarry near Junction, Ohio) | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Lucas Dolomite, Formosa Reef Limestone |
| Underlies | Dundee Limestone and Traverse Formation |
| Overlies | Holland Quarry Shale and Wabash Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Indiana, Michigan and Ohio |
| Country | United States |
The Detroit River Group is a geologic group in Michigan and Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.
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References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Further reading
- Brian R. Pratt, Lower Devonian Stromatoporoid reefs. Formosa Reef Limestone (Detroit River Group) of Southwestern Ontario. In: Reefs, Canada and Adjacent Area, ed. by H.H.J. Geldsetzer, N.P. James and G.E. Tebbutt, Editors Canadian Society of Petroieum Geologists Memoir 13, 1989, p. 506-509
- Gilbert Klapper and, William A. Oliver, Jr., The Detroit River Group is Middle Devonian: Discussion on "Early Devonian age of the Detroit River Group, inferred from Arctic stromatoporoids". (Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1995, 32(7): 1070–1073, https://doi.org/10.1139/e95-088
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