Gasconade Formation

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Gasconade Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
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Conodonts from the Gasconade Formation
Type Formation
Sub-unitsBasal Gunter Sandstone member
Underlies Roubidoux Formation
Overlies Eminence Formation Cambrian (unconformable) [1]
Lithology
Primary Dolomite
Other Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 38°12′N91°06′W / 38.2°N 91.1°W / 38.2; -91.1
Region Missouri
Country United States

The Gasconade Formation is a geologic formation in the Ozarks of Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.

Contents

Paleofauna

Monoplacophora

K. expansus [2]
T. meramecensis [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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, p 112
  2. 1 2 Stinchcomb, Bruce; Angeli, Nicholas (2002). "New Cambrian and Lower Ordovician monoplacophorans form the Ozark Uplift, Missouri". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (6): 965–974.


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