Fern Glen Formation

Fern Glen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian Osagean
Type Formation
Underlies Burlington Limestone
Overlies Chouteau Group[1]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Shale, chert[2]
Location
Country United States
Extent East central and southeastern Missouri,[2] Illinois
Type section
Named for Fern Glen resort on the Meramec River
Named by Weller in 1906[1]

The Fern Glen Formation is a geologic formation in eastern and southeastern Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Osagean Series of the Mississippian subperiod.

The Fern Glen is richly fossiliferous with abundant crinoids, corals, brachiopods and bryozoa.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 102-3
  2. 1 2 3 Howe, W. B. and J. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Section in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, 1961, p. 62
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.


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