Goodland Limestone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Kiamichi Shale |
Overlies | Trinity Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Region | Arkansas, Texas |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Goodland, Choctaw County, Oklahoma |
Named by | Robert Thomas Hill [1] |
The Goodland Limestone or Goodland Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas [2] and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. [3]
The Hensel Formation or Hensel Sand is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Texas. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.
The Cotter Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Fernvale Limestone is a geologic formation in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Morrow Group was a geologic group in Arkansas that is now abandoned and replaced by the Bloyd Formation and the Hale Formation. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pennsylvanian period.
The Moorefield Formation, or Moorefield Shale, is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma that dates to the Meramecian Series of the middle Mississippian. In Arkansas, this formation is generally recognized to have one member, the Ruddell Shale, in the upper Moorefield Formation.
The Arkadelphia Marl, also called the Arkadelphia Formation, is a geologic formation in Arkansas in Clark, Nevada, and Hempstead counties. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Marlbrook Marl is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Nacatoch Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas, USA. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Saratoga Chalk is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period, specifically ammonites.
The Ozan Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Holly Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period which belong to the Trinity Group.
The Everton Formation is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas that dates to the middle Ordovician Period. Unconformities separate this formation from the underlying Powell Formation and the overlying St. Peter Sandstone Formation. Named for the town of Everton in Boone County, Arkansas in 1907, the Everton Formation is composed primarily of dolomite, limestone, and sandstone.
The White Bluff Formation is a marl, sand, and clay geologic formation in Arkansas that is part of the Jackson Group. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period, specifically the Eocene.
The Winslow Formation was a geologic formation in Arkansas, now abandoned and replaced by the Atoka Formation, the Hartshorne Formation, and the lower McAlester Formation. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
The Boggy Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
The Gaptank Formation is a geologic formation in Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
The Taylor Marl is a geologic formation in Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Del Rio Clay is a geologic formation in Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Kiamichi Shale or Kiamichi Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Edwards Group is a geologic group in Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
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