Chouteau Limestone

Chouteau Formation
Chouteau Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
Type	Formation
Location
Region	Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Chouteau Springs Cooper County, Missouri, Missouri
Named by	George Clinton Swallow

Last updated June 30, 2025

The Chouteau Limestone is a geologic formation in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.^[2]

References

1 2 G. C. Swallow (1855), The first and second annual reports of the Geological Survey of Missouri, p. 102, Wikidata Q66309335
↑ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[geo_rpt-1] 1 2 G. C. Swallow (1855), The first and second annual reports of the Geological Survey of Missouri, p. 102, Wikidata Q66309335

[2] Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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Chouteau Limestone

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