# Cook Mountain Formation

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{{Short description|Geologic formation in the southern United States}}
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{{Infobox rockunit
| name           = Cook Mountain Formation
| image          = Distorsio septemdentata 01.JPG
| caption        = [Gastropoda](/source/Gastropoda) fossils from the Cook Mountain Formation
| type           = [Formation](/source/Formation_(stratigraphy))
| age            = [Paleogene](/source/Paleogene)
| period         = Paleogene
| prilithology   =
| otherlithology =
| namedfor       = Cook Mountain, [Houston County](/source/Houston_County%2C_Texas), 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](/source/Alabama), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi), [Texas](/source/Texas)
| country        = [United States](/source/United_States)
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| underlies      = [Cockfield Formation](/source/Cockfield_Formation)
| overlies       = [Sparta Formation](/source/Sparta_Formation)
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The '''Cook Mountain Formation''' is a [geologic formation](/source/Formation_(geology)) in [Alabama](/source/Alabama). It preserves [fossils](/source/fossils) dating back to the [Paleogene](/source/Paleogene) [period](/source/Period_(geology)).

==See also==
* [List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama](/source/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Alabama)
* [Paleontology in Alabama](/source/Paleontology_in_Alabama)

==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 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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