The formation contains crinoids and other fossils consistent with deposition in the Morrowan (Bashkirian). The upper beds include some algal mounds. The formation contains a diverse gastropod fauna, as well as the foraminiferan Millerella, the demosponge Chaetetes. and the coral Petalaxis. The base of the formation contains earliest Morrowan conodonts. The red alga Masloviporidium delicatum has been reported in the formation. Cordaites has been reported within a sandstone bed within the formation.
