Earth:Fernvale Limestone
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| Fernvale Limestone Stratigraphic range: Ordovician | |
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| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Cason Shale |
| Overlies | Kimmswick Limestone |
| Thickness | 0 to 100+ feet in Arkansas[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas, Tennessee |
| Country | United States |
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| Named by | Charles Willard Hayes and Edward Oscar Ulrich[2] |
The Fernvale Limestone is a geologic formation in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
Paleontology
- Lepidocyclus
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See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee
- Paleontology in Arkansas
- Paleontology in Tennessee
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McFarland, John David (2004). "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas". Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 36: 6–7. http://geology.ar.gov/pdf/IC-36_v.pdf. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ↑ Hayes, C.W.; Ulrich, E.O. (1903). "Description of the Columbia quadrangle". U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States 95: 2. https://pubs.usgs.gov/gf/095/text.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Amsden, Thomas W. (1983). "The Late Ordovician brachiopod genera Lepidocyclus and Hiscobeccus". Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 132: 36–44, 52–59 (plates). http://ogs.ou.edu/docs/bulletins/B132.pdf. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 4.39 4.40 4.41 4.42 4.43 4.44 4.45 4.46 Craig, William (1968). The stratigraphy and conodont paleontology of Ordovician and Silurian strata, Batesville district, Independence and Izard counties, Arkansas (PhD). The University of Texas.
- ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". https://www.fossilworks.org.
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