Edwardsville Formation

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Edwardsville Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type Formation
Unit of Borden Group
Underlies Muldraugh Formation and Ramp Creek Formation
Overlies Spickert Knob Formation
Location
RegionIndiana
CountryUnited States

The Edwardsville Formation is a geological structure in the Borden Group, of the Lower Mississippian sub system, [1] (Osagean, late Tournaisian). Crinoids fossils can be found in the formation. [2]

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References

  1. Edwardsville Formation at the Indiana Geological Survey
  2. Crinoids from the Edwardsville Formation (Lower Mississippian) of Southern Indiana. William I. Ausich and N. Gary Lane, Journal of Paleontology, November 1982, Volume 56, Number 6, pages 1343-1361 (abstract)