Earth:Boggy Formation

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Boggy Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian
TypeFormation
OverliesSavanna Formation
Location
RegionArkansas, Oklahoma
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named byJ.A. Taff[1]

The Boggy Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

Paleontology

  • Amithorthoceras
A. unicamera[2]
  • Arkbuckleoceras
A. tricamerae[2]
B. buckhornense[2]
D. boggyense[2]
  • Pseudorthoceras
P. knoxense[2]
  • Sueroceras
S. oklahomense[2]
  • Sulphurnites
S. taffi[2]
  • Unklesbayoceras
U. striatulum[2]

See also

  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma
  • Paleontology in Arkansas
  • Paleontology in Oklahoma

References

  1. Taff, J.A. (1899). "Geology of the McAlester-Lehigh coal field, Indian Territory". Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, Part 3, Economic Geology: 438–439. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Niko, Shuji; Seuss, Barbara; Mapes, Royal H. (1 January 2018). "Desmoinesian (Middle Pennsylvanian) orthocerid cephalopods from the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstatte in Oklahoma, midcontinent North America". Paleontological Research 22 (1): 20–36. doi:10.2517/2017PR008. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.2517/2017PR008. Retrieved 20 February 2018.