| Beattie Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Council Grove Group |
| Sub-units | Morrill Limestone Florena Shale Cottonwood Limestone |
| Underlies | Stearns Shale |
| Overlies | Eskridge Shale |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | mid-continental |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | outcrops from southeast Nebraska to northeast-central Oklahoma [1] |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Beattie, Kansas [2] |
| Named by | Condra, G.E., and Busby, C.E. [2] |
| Year defined | 1933 [2] |
The Beattie Formation, or Beattie Limestone, is a geologic formation in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. [1] [2] It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.
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