Earth:Batesville Sandstone
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| Batesville Sandstone Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Hindsville Limestone Member |
| Underlies | Fayetteville Shale |
| Overlies | Ruddell Shale, Moorefield Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas[1][2] |
| Named by | John Casper Branner |
The Batesville Sandstone is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas, United States, that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian. The base of the Batesville Sandstone, named the Hindsville Limestone Member, unconformably lies on the Moorefield Formation.
Paleofauna
- Orthotetes
- O. batesvillensis[3]
- A. proutanus[4]
- Batostomella
- B. parvula[4]
- Glyptopora
- G. michelinia[4]
- Leioclema[4]
- Polypora[4]
- Tabulipora
- T. miseri[4]
- Lusitanites
- L. subcircularis[5]
- Neoglyphioceras
- N. caneyanum[5]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
- Paleontology in Arkansas
References
- ↑ Branner, J. (1891). "Introduction". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888 4: xiii.
- ↑ Simonds, F. (1891). "The geology of Washington County". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888 4: 26, 49–53.
- ↑ Henry, Thomas W.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1985). "Chesterian Davidsoniacean and Orthotetacean brachiopods, Ozark region of Arkansas and Oklahoma". Journal of Paleontology 59 (1): 32–59.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Horowitz, Alan S. (1977). "Late Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian bryozoan faunas of Arkansas and Oklahoma: a review". Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook 18: 101–105. http://ogs.ou.edu/docs/guidebooks/GB18.pdf. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Saunders, W. Bruce; Manger, Walter L.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1977). "Upper Mississippian and Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian ammonoid biostratigraphy of northern Arkansas". Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook 18: 117–137. http://ogs.ou.edu/docs/guidebooks/GB18.pdf. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". https://www.fossilworks.org/.
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