The Paleontology of North America

The Carboniferous in Delaware, US

map

undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:
Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Carboniferous Fossils
Fossil photos from Carboniferous in Delaware

Paleontology and geology

No Carboniferous rocks are known from Delaware. The state lay above sea level and the land surface was subject to erosion.
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