# Waverly Group

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{{Short description|Geologic group in the United States}}
{{Infobox rockunit
| name           = Waverly Group
| image          = Berea Sandstone-Sunbury Shale contact (Tener Mountain roadcut, southern Ohio, USA) 4 (35733168661).jpg
| caption        = [Berea Sandstone](/source/Berea_Sandstone)-[Sunbury Shale](/source/Sunbury_Shale) contact (Tener Mountain roadcut, [Ohio](/source/Ohio))
| type           = [Group](/source/Group_(stratigraphy))
| age            =  [Carboniferous](/source/Carboniferous)
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| region         = [Michigan](/source/Michigan), [Ohio](/source/Ohio)
| country        = [United States](/source/United_States)
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| subunits       = [Bedford Shale](/source/Bedford_Shale)<br />[Berea Sandstone](/source/Berea_Sandstone)<br />[Sunbury Shale](/source/Sunbury_Shale)<br />[Cuyahoga Formation](/source/Cuyahoga_Formation)<br />[Logan Formation](/source/Logan_Formation)<br />[Maxville Limestone](/source/Maxville_Limestone)
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The '''Waverly Group''' is a [geologic group](/source/Group_(geology)) in [Michigan](/source/Michigan) and [Ohio](/source/Ohio). It preserves [fossils](/source/fossils) dating back to the [Carboniferous](/source/Carboniferous) [period](/source/Period_(geology)).

The groups consists of the following [formations](/source/geologic_formation):{{sfn|Collins|1979|p=E4–E5}}
*[Bedford Shale](/source/Bedford_Shale)
*[Berea Sandstone](/source/Berea_Sandstone)
*[Sunbury Shale](/source/Sunbury_Shale)
*[Cuyahoga Formation](/source/Cuyahoga_Formation)
*[Logan Formation](/source/Logan_Formation)
*[Maxville Limestone](/source/Maxville_Limestone)

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite journal|last1=Pepper|first1=James F.|last2=De Witt|first2=Wallace Jr.|last3=Demarest|first3=David F.|title=Geology of the Bedford Shale and Berea Sandstone in the Appalachian Basin|journal=Science|date=1954|volume=119|issue=3094|pages=512–3|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0259/report.pdf|access-date=February 1, 2018|publisher=United States Geological Survey|doi=10.1126/science.119.3094.512-a|pmid=17842742|bibcode=1954Sci...119..512P|s2cid=18500871 }}

==External links==
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Michigan|Paleontology}}
* {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org/|access-date= 22 June 2014|archive-date= 25 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home|url-status= dead}}

Category:Geologic groups of Michigan
Category:Carboniferous Michigan
Category:Geologic groups of Ohio
Category:Carboniferous Ohio

{{Michigan-geologic-formation-stub}}

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