# Bell Shale

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Geologic Formation dating back to the Devonian Period in Michigan

Bell Shale Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian Type Formation Unit of Traverse Group Underlies Rockport Quarry Limestone Overlies Rogers City Limestone Location Region Michigan Country United States

The **Bell Shale** is a [geologic formation](/source/Formation_(geology)) in [Michigan](/source/Michigan). It preserves [fossils](/source/Fossils) dating back to the [Devonian](/source/Devonian) [period](/source/Period_(geology)).

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## References

- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. ["Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home). Archived from [the original](https://www.fossilworks.org/) on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

v t e Chronostratigraphy of Michigan Ph Cz Q Pleistocene indet. Glacial till Pz C ⁋ Pewamo Formation Grand River Formation Saginaw Formation indet. Parma Sandstone M Bayport Limestone Coldwater Shale Marshall Sandstone Sunbury Shale D Upper indet. Antrim Shale Bedford Shale Berea Sandstone Ellsworth Shale Frasnian Squaw Bay Limestone Middle Givetian Squaw Bay Limestone Alpena Limestone Amherstburg Formation Anderdon Limestone Bell Shale Bois Blanc Formation Dundee Limestone Ferron Point Formation Long Lake Limestone Lucas Formation Rockport Quarry Limestone Rogers City Limestone Sylvania Sandstone Thunder Bay Limestone Lower Garden Island Formation S 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 O Upper Sandbian Bill's Creek Shale Big Hill Formation Stonington Formation Middle Darriwilian Bill's Creek Shale Black River Formation Collingwood Shale Trenton Formation Lower Au Train Formation Є Munising Formation pЄ ♇ Copper Harbor Conglomerate Freda Sandstone Jacobsville Sandstone Nonesuch Shale

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