| Florena Shale | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: (Gearyan stage) | |
| Type | Formation Member |
| Unit of | Beattie Limestone |
| Underlies | Morrill Limestone of the Beattie Limestone formation |
| Overlies | Cottonwood Limestone of the Beattie Limestone formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | mid-continental |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Florena, Kansas (Marshall County) |
The Florena Shale is a stratigraphic unit in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. [1] It preserves fossils dating to the Early Permian period.
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