Earth:Morrill Limestone

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Morrill Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian
TypeFormation Member
Unit ofBeattie Limestone
UnderliesStearns Shale
OverliesFlorena Shale of the Beattie Limestone formation
Lithology
PrimaryShale
Location
Regionmid-continental
CountryUnited States

The Morrill Limestone is a stratigraphic unit in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.[1] 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. 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/