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Sunbury Shale
Stratigraphic range: Tournaisian
Sunbury Shale (Reynoldsburg, Ohio)
Type	Formation
Unit of	Waverly Group
Underlies	Coldwater Shale, Cuyahoga Formation, and Price Formation
Overlies	Berea Sandstone and Ellsworth Shale
Location
Region	Appalachia, Midwestern United States and Southeastern United States
Country	United States
Extent	Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia

The Sunbury Shale is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian period.

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Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau

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Chronostratigraphy of Michigan

indet.	Glacial till

indet.	Ionia Formation

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Parma Sandstone

indet.	Antrim Shale Bedford Shale Berea Sandstone Ellsworth Shale
Frasnian	Squaw Bay Limestone

Givetian	Squaw Bay Limestone

Garden Island Formation

indet.	Bertie Formation Byron Formation Bush Bay Formation Cordell Formation Hendricks Formation Lime Island Formation Pointe aux Chenes Formation Put-in-Bay Dolomite Raisin River Dolomite Rapson Creek Formation Rockview Formation Salina Group Schoolcraft Formation St. Ignace Dolomite
Llandovery	Cabot Head Shale Manitoulin Dolomite

Sandbian	Bill's Creek Shale

Darriwilian	Bill's Creek Shale

Au Train Formation

Munising Formation

♇	Copper Harbor Conglomerate Freda Sandstone Jacobsville Sandstone Nonesuch Shale

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Chronostratigraphy of Ohio

Cisuralian	Dunkard Group Greene Formation Washington Formation

Dunkard Group: Waynesburg Formation

Monongahela Group: Uniontown Formation; Pittsburgh Formation

Conemaugh Group: Casselman Formation; Glenshaw Formation

Allegheny Group
Pottsville Group

Viséan	Maxville Limestone
Tournaisian	Cuyahoga Formation Logan Formation Sunbury Shale
Coldwater Shale Rushville Shale

Ohio Shale

Burket Shale
Olentangy Shale (upper)

West Falls Group: Angola Shale; Rhinestreet Shale

Givetian	Tully Formation Mahantango Formation Olentangy Shale (lower) Plum Brook Shale Prout Limestone Silica Formation
Eifelian	Amherstburg Dolomite Columbus Limestone Delaware Limestone Detroit River Group Hillsboro Sandstone Marcellus Shale

Emsian	Amherstburg Dolomite Detroit River Group Hillsboro Sandstone
Lochkovian	Holland Quarry Shale

Bertie Formation

Ludfordian	Salina Group
Gorstian	Salina Group Guelph Dolomite

Homerian	Lockport Group Gasport Dolomite Guelph Dolomite Goat Island Dolomite

Brassfield Formation

Cabot Head Shale

Clinton Formation

Drowning Creek Formation

Manitoulin Dolomite

Upper	Arnheim Formation Cincinnati Group Drakes Formation Fairview Formation Grant Lake Formation Kope Formation Liberty Formation Miamitown Shale Queenston Shale Saluda Formation Trenton Limestone Waynesville Formation Whitewater Formation
Middle	Black River Group Lexington Limestone Point Pleasant Formation Trenton Limestone Wells Creek Formation

Furongian	Conasauga Formation Eau Claire Formation Kerbel Formation Knox Dolomite Rome Formation

Mt. Simon Sandstone

Z	Swift Run Formation

Middle Run Formation

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Chronostratigraphy of Virginia

Moscovian	Betsie Shale Grundy Formation Hyden Formation Kendrick Shale Pikeville Formation
Bashkirian	Bee Rock Formation Hensley Shale Sewannee Formation Warren Point Formation

Lee Formation

Serpukhovian	Bluefield Formation Bluestone Formation Cove Creek Formation Fido Sandstone Hinton Formation Princeton Formation Stony Gap Formation
Viséan	Denmar Formation Fort Payne Formation Gasper Formation Hillsdale Formation Little Valley Formation Maccrady Formation Taggard Formation
Tournaisian	Maccrady Formation Price Formation Sunbury Shale
Pocono Formation

Famennian	Brallier Formation Foreknobs Formation Cloyd Conglomerate Hampshire Formation Millboro Shale Pound Formation
Frasnian	Brallier Formation Foreknobs Formation Millboro Shale Pound Formation

Givetian	Mahantango Formation Millboro Shale
Eifelian	Huntersville Chert Tioga Bentonites Marcellus Shale Millboro Shale

Emsian	Huntersville Chert Needmore Shale
Pragian	Oriskany Sandstone Ridgeley Sandstone Wildcat Valley Sandstone
Lochkovian	Helderberg Group Keyser Limestone Oriskany Sandstone Ridgeley Sandstone Wildcat Valley Sandstone

Ludfordian	Bloomsburg Formation Keefer Sandstone McKenzie Formation
Gorstian	Bloomsburg Formation Keefer Sandstone Lockport Dolomite

Homerian	Keefer Sandstone Rochester Shale
Sheinwoodian	Keefer Sandstone

Telychian	Massanutten Sandstone Rose Hill Formation Tuscarora Sandstone
Aeronian	Massanutten Sandstone Tuscarora Sandstone

Upper	Bays Formation Benbolt Formation Blackford Formation Bowen Formation Chatham Hill Formation Edinburg Formation Effna Limestone Eggleston Formation Elway Limestone Fetzer Limestone Five Oaks Limestone Gratton Formation Juniata Formation Knobs Formation Lenoir Formation Lincolnshire Formation Martinsburg Formation Moccasin Formation Mosheim Limestone New Market Limestone Oranda Formation Oswego Formation Paperville Shale Reedsville Formation Rich Valley Formation Rockdell Formation Trenton Limestone Ward Cove Limestone Wardell Formation Wassum Formation Witten Formation
Middle	Pinesburg Station Dolomite
Lower	Chepultepec Dolomite Kingsport Formation Longview Limestone Mascot Dolomite Rockdale Run Formation Stonehenge Limestone

Z	Swift Run Formation

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Chronostratigraphy of West Virginia

Eocene	Igneous intrusives

J	Igneous intrusives

Asselian	Dunkard Group

Gzhelian	Monongahela Formation
Kasimovian	Conemaugh Group
Moscovian	Allegheny Formation
Bashkirian	Pottsville Group Kanawha Formation New River Formation Pocahontas Formation

Serpukhovian	Bluestone Formation Princeton Sandstone Hinton Formation Bluefield Formation
Viséan	Greenbrier Group
Tournaisian	Price Formation Cuyahoga Formation Maccrady Formation Sunbury Shale Berea Sandstone

Famennian	Price Formation Berea Sandstone Bedford Shale Ohio Shale Brallier Formation
Frasnian	Brallier Formation Java Formation West Falls Formation Rhinestreet Sonyea Formation Harrell Shale Genesee Formation

Givetian	Tully Limestone Hamilton Group
Eifelian	Hamilton Group Marcellus Shale Onondaga Limestone Needmore Shale Huntersville Chert

Emsian	Needmore Shale Huntersville Chert
Pragian	Oriskany Sandstone
Lochkovian	Helderberg Group

Ludfordian	Salina Group Tonoloway Formation
Gorstian	Salina Group

Homerian	Salina Group Wills Creek Formation Williamsport Formation McKenzie Formation
Sheinwoodian	Lockport Dolomite McKenzie Formation

Telychian	Lockport Dolomite McKenzie Formation Keefer Formation Rose Hill Formation Rochester Shale
Aeronian	Tuscarora Sandstone Clinton Sandstone

Hirnantian	Cincinnati Group Juniata Formation
Katian	Cincinnati Group Juniata Formation Reedsville Formation Utica Shale
Sandbian	Lexington Limestone Trenton Limestone

Darriwilian	Trenton Limestone Black River Group
Dapingian	St. Paul Group

St. Peter Sandstone

Wells Creek Formation

Knox Group

Knox Group

Copper Ridge Dolomite

Chilhowee Group: Antietam Formation; Harpers Formation; Weverton Formation; Loudoun Formation

Ediacaran	Catoctin Formation

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