Oranda Formation

The Oranda Formation is a geologic formation in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

Oranda Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type	sedimentary
Location
Region	Virginia
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Oranda, Virginia
Named by	Cooper and Cooper, 1946[1]

This nomenclature is not in current usage. It has been reallocated to Stickley Run Member of the Martinsburg Formation and Edinburg Formation in Virginia and West Virginia, and to the Martinsburg and Chambersburg Formation in Pennsylvania.^[2]

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Virginia portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
• Paleontology in Virginia