| Fernvale Limestone | |
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| Stratigraphic range: Ordovician | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Cason Shale |
| Overlies | Kimmswick Limestone |
| Thickness | 0 to 100+ feet in Arkansas1 |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas, Tennessee |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named by | Charles Willard Hayes and Edward Oscar Ulrich2 |
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
See also
References
References
- McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 6–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- Hayes, C.W.; Ulrich, E.O. (1903). "Description of the Columbia quadrangle" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States. 95: 2.
- Amsden, Thomas W. (1983). "The Late Ordovician brachiopod genera Lepidocyclus and Hiscobeccus" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin. 132: 36–44, 52–59 (plates). Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- 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". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.