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Moorefield Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
TypeFormation
UnderliesRuddell Shale, Batesville Formation
OverliesBoone Formation
Location
RegionArkansas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forMoorefield, Independence County, Arkansas
Named byGeorge Irving Adams and Edward Oscar Ulrich[1]

The Moorefield Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

Paleofauna

Bryozoans

A. confertus[2]
A. proutanus[2]
B. dubla[2]
B. parvula[2]

Cephalopods

A. alaskense [3]
B. caronarius [3]
B. smithianus [3]
E. ornatus [3]
G. welleri [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Adams, G.; Ulrich, E. (1904). "Zinc and lead deposits of northern Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 24: 26.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Gordon, Jr., Mackenzie (1964). "Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 460: 14–16.