Fern Glen Formation

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Fern Glen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian Osagean
Type Formation
Underlies Burlington Limestone
Overlies Chouteau Group [1]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Shale, chert [2]
Location
Country United States
ExtentEast central and southeastern Missouri, [2] Illinois
Type section
Named for Fern Glen resort on the Meramec River
Named byWeller in 1906 [1]

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 Fern Glen is richly fossiliferous with abundant crinoids, corals, brachiopods and bryozoa. [2]

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