Photos • Location
| Kimmswick Limestone | |
|---|---|
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Stratigraphic range:
Sandbian-
Katian (
Trentonian-
Shermanian) ~ | |
 Fossil from the Kimmswick Limestone (Missouri) | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Cape Limestone, Maquoketa Group [1] or the Fernvale Limestone in Arkansas [2] |
| Overlies | Decorah Shale [1] or Plattin Limestone [2] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Sandstone, dolomite [2] |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°12′N 90°48′W / 39.2°N 90.8°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 23°06′S 66°00′W / 23.1°S 66.0°W |
| Region | Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri |
| Country | 
United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kimmswick, Jefferson County, Missouri [3] |
| Named by | Edward Oscar Ulrich |
| Year defined | 1904 [1] |
  Kimmswick Limestone (the United States)  Kimmswick Limestone (Missouri) | |
The Kimmswick Limestone is an Ordovician geologic formation in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri. Fossils occurring in the Kimmswick include corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, conodonts, [4] trilobites, crinoids and mollusks. [2]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation: [5]
Conodonts
- A. unicostatus [4]
- A. alveolaris [4]
- B. compressa [4]
- D. falcatus [4]
- E. delicata [4]
- I. superba [4]
- K. gracilis [4]
- O. concinna [4]
- P. undatus [4]
- P. furcata [4]
- S. robustus [4]
- S. insculptus [4]
- T. superbus [4]
- T. exacta [4]
Trilobites
- E. slocomi [6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c 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 153
- ^ a b c d "Arkansas Geologic Survey". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ^ Ulrich, E. (1904). "The quarrying industry of Missouri". Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines. 2nd Series. 2: 111.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am 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.
- ^ Kimmswick Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Sinclair, G. Winston (1949). "The Ordovician trilobite Eobronteus". Journal of Paleontology. 23 (1): 48–50, pls. 12, 13.
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| Kimmswick Limestone | |
|---|---|
|
Stratigraphic range:
Sandbian-
Katian (
Trentonian-
Shermanian) ~ | |
|
Fossil from the Kimmswick Limestone (Missouri) | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Cape Limestone, Maquoketa Group [1] or the Fernvale Limestone in Arkansas [2] |
| Overlies | Decorah Shale [1] or Plattin Limestone [2] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Sandstone, dolomite [2] |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°12′N 90°48′W / 39.2°N 90.8°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 23°06′S 66°00′W / 23.1°S 66.0°W |
| Region | Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri |
| Country |
United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kimmswick, Jefferson County, Missouri [3] |
| Named by | Edward Oscar Ulrich |
| Year defined | 1904 [1] |
Kimmswick Limestone (the United States) Kimmswick Limestone (Missouri) | |
The Kimmswick Limestone is an Ordovician geologic formation in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri. Fossils occurring in the Kimmswick include corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, conodonts, [4] trilobites, crinoids and mollusks. [2]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation: [5]
Conodonts
- A. unicostatus [4]
- A. alveolaris [4]
- B. compressa [4]
- D. falcatus [4]
- E. delicata [4]
- I. superba [4]
- K. gracilis [4]
- O. concinna [4]
- P. undatus [4]
- P. furcata [4]
- S. robustus [4]
- S. insculptus [4]
- T. superbus [4]
- T. exacta [4]
Trilobites
- E. slocomi [6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c 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 153
- ^ a b c d "Arkansas Geologic Survey". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ^ Ulrich, E. (1904). "The quarrying industry of Missouri". Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines. 2nd Series. 2: 111.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am 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.
- ^ Kimmswick Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Sinclair, G. Winston (1949). "The Ordovician trilobite Eobronteus". Journal of Paleontology. 23 (1): 48–50, pls. 12, 13.
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