# Cockfield Formation

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{{Short description|Geologic formation in Mississippi}}
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{{Infobox rockunit
| name           = Cockfield Formation
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| type           = [Formation](/source/Formation_(stratigraphy))
| age            = [Paleogene](/source/Paleogene)
| period         = Paleogene
| prilithology   =
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| namedby        = [T. Wayland Vaughan](/source/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](/source/Mississippi), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana)
| country        = [United States](/source/United_States)
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| underlies      = [Moodys Branch Formation](/source/Moodys_Branch_Formation)
| overlies       = [Cook Mountain Formation](/source/Cook_Mountain_Formation)
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The '''Cockfield Formation''' is a [geologic formation](/source/Formation_(geology)) in [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi). It preserves [fossils](/source/fossils) dating back to the [Paleogene](/source/Paleogene) [period](/source/Period_(geology)).

==See also==
* [List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi](/source/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Mississippi)
* [Paleontology in Mississippi](/source/Paleontology_in_Mississippi)

==References==
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* {{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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