| 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 [1] |
| Named by | George Clinton Swallow [1] |
The Chouteau Limestone is a geologic formation in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. [2]
The Salem Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian subperiod. This formation is quarried and used as a building material, known as "Indiana limestone", also called Bedford limestone.
The Davis Formation is a geologic formation in Indiana and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.
The Fort Scott Limestone or Fort Scott Subgroup is a geologic formation in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
The Keokuk Limestone is a geologic formation in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian sub-period.
The Warsaw Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian subperiod.
The Grand Tower Limestone is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.
The Wise Lake Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Glenwood Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Neda Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Quimbys Mill Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Clayton Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The Mosalem Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.
The Franconia Formation is a geologic formation in the upper mid-western United States, with outcroppings found in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. It was named the Franconia Formation due to the first published documentation of exposures in vicinity of Franconia, Minnesota in the 1897 Ph.D. dissertation by Charles P. Berkley at the University of Minnesota titled Geology of the St. Croix Dalles. The Franconian stratigraphic stage was named after this formation.
The Potosi Formation is a geologic formation in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.
The Burlington Limestone is a geologic formation in Missouri, Iowa and the Midwest region. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian subperiod.
The Fern Glen Formation is a geologic formation in eastern and southeastern Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Osagean Series of the Mississippian subperiod.
The Leemon Formation is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Cape Limestone is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Moccasin Springs Formation is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.
The Bowling Green Dolomite is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.
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