The Paleontology of North America

The Jurassic 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

Jurassic Fossils

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Paleontology and geology

Deposits judged to be Jurassic in age occur in the subsurface in northwestern Kansas and possibly on the surface in a small area in extreme southwestern Kansas. They consist of shales and red sandstones. No fossils are known from the Jurassic in Kansas.
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