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Severy Shale

geologic formation in Nebraska, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ18357277 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Severy Shale is a geologic formation in Nebraska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska

Paleontology in Nebraska

References

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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The public source identifies “Severy Shale” as geologic formation in Nebraska, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Severy, Shale and geologic.

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This entry incorporates text from “Severy Shale” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.