Bryant Knob Formation

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Bryant Knob Formation
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
Type Formation
Unit of Edgewood Group
Sub-unitsKissenger Limestone
Underlies Bowling Green Dolomite
Overlies Noix Limestone
Lithology
Primary bioclastic limestone
Other shale, dolomitic limestone
Location
Region Pike County, NE Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named forBryant Knob
Named byThompson and Satterfield, 1975 [1]

The Bryant Knob Formation is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

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