The Paleontology of North America

The Tertiary in Michigan, US

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

Tertiary Fossils
Fossil photos from Tertiary in Michigan

Paleontology and geology

There are no sediments or fossils from the Tertiary preserved in Michigan. During this time, erosion outpaced deposition, and Quaternary glaciation probably removed any sediments that had been deposited during this time.
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