Earth:Gasconade Formation

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Gasconade Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Conodonts from the Gasconade Formation
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsBasal Gunter Sandstone member
UnderliesRoubidoux Formation
OverliesEminence Formation Cambrian (unconformable)[1]
Lithology
PrimaryDolomite
OtherSandstone
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 38°12′N 91°06′W / 38.2°N 91.1°W / 38.2; -91.1
RegionMissouri
CountryUnited States

The Gasconade Formation is a geologic formation in the Ozarks of Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.

Paleofauna

  • Kirengella
K. expansus[2]
  • Titanoplina
T. meramecensis[2]

See also

  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
  • Paleontology in Missouri

References

  1. Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 112
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stinchcomb, Bruce; Angeli, Nicholas (2002). "New Cambrian and Lower Ordovician monoplacophorans form the Ozark Uplift, Missouri". Journal of Paleontology 76 (6): 965-974.