Earth:Beattie Formation
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| Beattie Formation Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Council Grove Group |
| Sub-units | Morrill Limestone Florena Shale Cottonwood Limestone |
| Underlies | Stearns Shale |
| Overlies | Eskridge Shale |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | mid-continental |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | outcrops from southeast Nebraska to northeast-central Oklahoma[1] |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Beattie, Kansas[2] |
| Named by | Condra, G.E., and Busby, C.E.[2] |
| Year defined | 1933[2] |
The Beattie Formation, or Beattie Limestone, is a geologic formation in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.[1][2] It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma
- Paleontology in Kansas
- Paleontology in Nebraska
- Paleontology in Oklahoma
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Imbrie, John; Laporte, Léo F.; Merriam, Daniel F. (1964), Beattie Limestone Facies (Lower Permian) of the Northern Midcontinent, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas., http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/169/Imbrie/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Geologic Unit: Beattie". Geolex – National Geologic Database. United States Geological Survey. https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/BeattieRefs_6748.html.
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