Fernvale Limestone

Fernvale Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type Formation
Underlies Cason Shale
Overlies Kimmswick Limestone
Thickness 0 to 100+ feet in Arkansas[1]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Region Arkansas, Tennessee
Country United States
Type section
Named by Charles Willard Hayes and Edward Oscar Ulrich[2]

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

Brachiopods

  • Lepidocyclus
L. cooperi[3]
L. oblongus[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 6–7.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 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.
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.


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