{{Short description|Geologic formation in Mississippi}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Cockfield Formation | image = | caption = | type = Formation | age = Paleogene | period = Paleogene | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = T. Wayland Vaughan<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Vaughan|first1=T.W.|title=The stratigraphy of northwestern Louisiana|journal=The American Geologist|date=1895|volume=15|page=220}}</ref> | region = Mississippi, Louisiana | country = United States | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = Moodys Branch Formation | overlies = Cook Mountain Formation | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }}

The '''Cockfield Formation''' is a geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

==See also== * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi * Paleontology in Mississippi

==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}

Category:Paleogene Mississippi Category:Paleogene Louisiana Category:Geologic formations of Mississippi Category:Geologic formations of Louisiana

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