Anomalously Occurring Fossils

This table is a compilation of over 200 published instances of anomalously occurring fossils. At left is the kind of fossil(s) involved followed by the accepted age of occurrence, the instance of anomalous occurrence, its locality, and the reference. Instances were tabulated as separate entries when they involved: 1) different fossils (usually), 2) different "proper" ages, 3) different anomalous ages, or 4) different geographical locations (different nations, provinces, sedimentary basins, etc.) The instances entered under references 70, 73, 77, 78, 88, 100, and 150 are subaqueous occurrences (deep marine) offshore marine, or lacustrine): most others involve sedimentary lithologies on land. References 70, 17, 72, 82, 84, 89, 96, 147, 148, 153, and 160 are "downwash," "infiltration," or supposed "contamination." Most other entries are .,reworking" of fossils into younger-age beds. A few of the entries in this table are claimed by the cited authors to be possible stratigraphic-range extensions rather than necessarily "reworking". This table does not include fossils of clearly secondary position (such as fossils within constituents of conglomerates and the very many instances of Phanerozoic fossils in Pleistocene glacial till).

Type of fossil	Proper age	Found in	Location	Reference
Foraminifers	Pleistocene	Tertiary	Atlantic Ocean	70
Pollen	Tertiary	Quaternary	Boikow, Poland	146
Pollen	Tertiary	Cretaceous	East Netherlands	147
Mammal bones	Tertiary (late)	Tertiary (early)	Kazakhstan, USSR	148
Algae (?)	Tertiary	Cretaceous	France	71
Foraminifers	Tertiary	Cretaceous	Nigeria	72
Nannoplankton	Tertiary (lower)	Tertiary (higher)	Tabcla, Syria	164
Spores	Tertiary (recent)	Permian	Southland, New Zealand	165
Spores	Tertiary	Pleistocene	North Caspia, USSR	166
Foraminifers	Tertiary	Cretaceous	North Italy	167
Pollen	Tertiary	Pleistocene	Yenisei, USSR	168
Palm wood	Tertiary	Jurassic	Utah, USA	169
Foraminifers	Tertiary (early)	Tertiary (medial)	Trinidad, West Indies	206
Foraminifers	Tertiary (early)	Tertiary (medial)	Victoria, Australia	207
Foraminifers	Tertiary (early)	Tertiary (medial)	Hungary	208
Nannoplankton	Tertiary (early)	Tertiary (medial)	Romania	209
Spores	Tertiary (early)	Jurassic	Louisiana-Texas, USA	210
Mammal bones	Tertiary (early)	Tertiary (medial)	Northeast Siberia, USSR	?
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Ionian Sea	212
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Tertiary	West Israel	213
Coccoliths	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Crimea, USSR	214
Spores	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Kazan, USSR	215
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	British Columbia, Canada	216
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Arctic Canada	216
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Fushun, China	216
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Shandong, China	216
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	South Coastal China	216
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Spit/bergen, Norway	217
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Ural Mts., USSR	217
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	West Siberia, USSR	217
Dinoflagellate	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Australia	170
Nannoplankton	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Glogow, Poland	171
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Alabama, USA	172
Nannoflora	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Zinda Pir, W. Pakistan	173
Pollen	Cretaceous	Pleistocene	Yenisei, USSR	168
Nannoflora	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Tang-E-Bijar, Iran	174
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Jurassic	Scania, Sweden	175
Pollen	Cretaceous	Cambrian	Holy Cross Mts., Poland	176
Nannoplankton	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Ukraine, USSR	177
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Utah, USA	149
Spores	Cretaceous	Pleistocene	Newfoundland, Canada	ISO
Spores	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Newfoundland, Canada	ISO
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	West Germany	151
Spores	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Czechosiovakia	152
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Quaternary	Adelie Coast, Antarctica	73
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Austria	74
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Sweden	75
Nannoplankton	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Alps.Carpalhians, Europe	76
Nannofossils	Cretaceous	Tertiary	west, southwest Pacific	77
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Pleistocene	Louisiana, USA	78
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Venezuela	79
Pollen	Cretaceous	Tertiary	Wyoming, USA	79
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Tertiary	California, USA	80
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Pleistocene	Netherlands	81
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Pleistocene	Utah, USA	81
Foraminifers	Cretaceous	Tertiary	England	75
Pollen	Jurassic	Permian	Sariz, Antalya, Turkey	82
Spores	Jurassic	Tertiary	Isle of Mull, Scotland	83
Spores	Jurassic	Precambrian	Ukraine. USSR	84
Coccoliths	Jurassic	Silurian	North Africa	153
Pollen	Jurassic	Tertiary	Utah, USA	149
Spores	Jurassic	Cretaceous	Newfoundland, Canada	ISO
Pollen	Jurassic	Tertiary	Newfoundland, Canada	ISO
Dinoflagellate	Jurassic	Cretaceous	California, USA	154
Dinoflagellate	Jurassic	Tertiary	California, USA	154
Spores	Jurassic	Cretaceous	Perth Basin, Australia	89
Spores	Jurassic	Triassic	Northeast Siberia, USSR	218
Pollen	Jurassic	Pleistocene	Yenisei, USSR	168
Spores	"Mesozoic"	Pleistocene	North Caspia, USSR	166
Spores	Jurassic	Permian	Northeast Siberia, USSR	218
Spores	Jurassic	Cambrian	Northeast Siberia, USSR	218
Spores	Triassic	Cretaceous	British Columbia, Canada	237
Spores	Triassic (and/or older)	Jurassic	Yukon, Canada	178
Spores	Triassic	Cretaceous	Alberta, Canada 219	219
Ostracodes	Triassic	Tertiary	Hungary	85
Spores	Triassic	Jurassic	Andoya, Norway	86
Conodonts	Triassic	Cretaceous	Ca