{{Short description|Geologic formation in the southern United States}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Cook Mountain Formation | image = Distorsio septemdentata 01.JPG | caption = Gastropoda fossils from the Cook Mountain Formation | type = Formation | age = Paleogene | period = Paleogene | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = Cook Mountain, Houston County, Texas | namedby = William Kennedy<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kennedy|first1=William|title=Third annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1891|date=1891|publisher=Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, p. 54-57}}</ref> | region = Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas | country = United States | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = Cockfield Formation | overlies = Sparta Formation | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }}
The '''Cook Mountain Formation''' is a geologic formation in Alabama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
==See also== * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama * Paleontology in Alabama
==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 Alabama Category:Paleogene Louisiana Category:Paleogene Mississippi Category:Paleogene geology of Texas Category:Geologic formations of Alabama Category:Geologic formations of Louisiana Category:Geologic formations of Mississippi Category:Geologic formations of Texas
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