Fort Scott Limestone

Fort Scott Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
Type	Formation
Unit of	Marmaton Group
Sub-units	Blackjack Creek Formation, Little Osage Formation, Higginsville Formation [1]
Location
Region	Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas [2]
Named by	G. C. Swallow, 1866 [3]

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.

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Illinois

References

1. Howe, W. B. and J. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Section in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, 1961, pp. 91-92
2. Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, pp 107-8
3. Swallow, G. C. (1866). Preliminary report of the geological survey of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: John Speer. p. 25. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.