Earth:Witts Springs Formation
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| Witts Springs Formation Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian | |
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| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | sandstone |
| Other | limestone, siltstone, and shale |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Witts Springs, Arkansas, Arkansas |
| Named by | Ernest E. Glick, Sherwood Earl Frezon, and Mackenzie Gordon Jr.[1] |
The Witts Springs Formation is a sandstone geologic formation in Arkansas with thin layers of limestone, shale, and siltstone. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
Paleontology
- A. arkansanus[1]
- Conocardium[1]
- Myalina[1]
- Pleurophorus[1]
- Posidonia[1]
- Sphenotus[1]
- A. morrowensis[1]
- C. ozarkana[1]
- S. altirostris[1]
- G. adaense[1]
- S. arkansiensis[1]
- Michelinia[1]
Gastropods
- Bellerophon[1]
- Donaldina[1]
- Euphemites[1]
- Glabrocingulum[1]
- Knightites (Retispira or Cymatospire)[1]
Scaphopods
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
- Paleontology in Arkansas
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 Glick, E.E.; Frezon, S.E.; Gordon, Jr., M. (1964). "Witts Springs formation of Morrow age in the Snowball quadrangle, north-central Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1194-D: D1–D16.
- ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". https://www.fossilworks.org/.
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