The Paleontology of North America

The Precambrian in Kansas, US

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See exposures in this state from the:

Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Precambrian Fossils
Fossil photos from Precambrian in Kansas

Paleontology and geology

There are no rocks of Precambrian age exposed in Kansas. They are found only in the subsurface, but form the bedrock that underlies the entire state of Kansas. These rocks are mostly igneous and metamorphic and therefore contain no fossils.

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