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Batesville Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type Formation
Sub-units Hindsville Limestone Member
Underlies Fayetteville Shale
OverliesRuddell Shale, Moorefield Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Limestone
Location
Region Arkansas
Country United States
Type section
Named for Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas [1] [2]
Named by John Casper Branner

The Batesville Sandstone is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas, United States, that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian. The base of the Batesville Sandstone, named the Hindsville Limestone Member, unconformably lies on the Moorefield Formation.

Paleofauna

O. batesvillensis [3]
A. proutanus [4]
B. parvula [4]
G. michelinia [4]
T. miseri [4]
G. choctawensis [5]
G. granosus [5]
L. subcircularis [5]
N. caneyanum [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Branner, J. (1891). "Introduction". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 4: xiii.
  2. ^ Simonds, F. (1891). "The geology of Washington County". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 4: 26, 49–53.
  3. ^ Henry, Thomas W.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1985). "Chesterian Davidsoniacean and Orthotetacean brachiopods, Ozark region of Arkansas and Oklahoma". Journal of Paleontology. 59 (1): 32–59.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Horowitz, Alan S. (1977). "Late Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian bryozoan faunas of Arkansas and Oklahoma: a review" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 101–105. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d Saunders, W. Bruce; Manger, Walter L.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1977). "Upper Mississippian and Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian ammonoid biostratigraphy of northern Arkansas" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 117–137. Retrieved 1 February 2018.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Batesville Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type Formation
Sub-units Hindsville Limestone Member
Underlies Fayetteville Shale
OverliesRuddell Shale, Moorefield Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Limestone
Location
Region Arkansas
Country United States
Type section
Named for Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas [1] [2]
Named by John Casper Branner

The Batesville Sandstone is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas, United States, that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian. The base of the Batesville Sandstone, named the Hindsville Limestone Member, unconformably lies on the Moorefield Formation.

Paleofauna

O. batesvillensis [3]
A. proutanus [4]
B. parvula [4]
G. michelinia [4]
T. miseri [4]
G. choctawensis [5]
G. granosus [5]
L. subcircularis [5]
N. caneyanum [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Branner, J. (1891). "Introduction". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 4: xiii.
  2. ^ Simonds, F. (1891). "The geology of Washington County". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 4: 26, 49–53.
  3. ^ Henry, Thomas W.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1985). "Chesterian Davidsoniacean and Orthotetacean brachiopods, Ozark region of Arkansas and Oklahoma". Journal of Paleontology. 59 (1): 32–59.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Horowitz, Alan S. (1977). "Late Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian bryozoan faunas of Arkansas and Oklahoma: a review" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 101–105. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d Saunders, W. Bruce; Manger, Walter L.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1977). "Upper Mississippian and Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian ammonoid biostratigraphy of northern Arkansas" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 117–137. Retrieved 1 February 2018.



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