Northview Formation

Northview Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Chouteau Group
Underlies	Pierson Limestone or Burlington Limestone
Overlies	Sedalia Formation or Compton Limestone
Thickness	up to 80 feet (24 m) [1]
Lithology
Primary	Shale
Other	Siltstone, argillaceous limestone
Location
Coordinates	37°17′56″N93°00′08″W / 37.29889°N 93.00222°W / 37.29889; -93.00222 [2]
Region	Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks
Type section
Named for	Northview in Webster County, southwestern Missouri
Named by	Stuart Weller
Location	Section along old Highway 66 near Northview
Year defined	1899 [1]
Coordinates	37°17′56″N93°00′08″W / 37.29889°N 93.00222°W / 37.29889; -93.00222
Region	Webster County, southwestern Missouri
Country	United States

The Northview Formation is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri. Its fauna includes brachiopods and abundant trace fossils of the Mississippian subperiod and Kinderhookian Series. ^[3]

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
• Paleontology in Missouri

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 43
2. Lexicon of geologic names of the United States for 1936-1960, Volume 2 Geologic Survey Bulletin 1200 by Grace C. Keroher (1966) p. 2773
3. The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 57-58