Ozan Formation

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Ozan Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Baculites (fossil ammonites) (Ozan Formation, Upper Cretaceous; eastern Texas, USA) 1.jpg
Fossil ammonites from the Ozan Formation
Type Formation
Sub-unitsAustin Group
Underlies Annona Chalk
Overlies Austin Chalk, Brownstown Marl
Thickness150 to 250 feet [1]
Location
Region Arkansas, Oklahoma
Country United States
Type section
Named byC.H. Dane [2]

The Ozan Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Oklahoma [1] and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

Contents

Paleofauna

Ostracods

A. ponderosana [3]
A. dubia [3]
B. rotunda [3]
B. ledaforma [3]
B. rhomboidalis [3]
B. sphenoides [3]
B. windhami [3]
C. fabaformis [3]
C. bicornis [3]
C. caudata [3]
C. communis [3]
C. costatana [3]
C. dallasensis [3]
C. hannai [3]
C. paraustinensis [3]
C. plummeri [3]
C. spoori [3]
C. verricula [3]
C. austinensis [3]
C. crafti [3]
C. ozanana [3]
C. spiralia [3]
C. tollettensis [3]
C. blakei [3]
H. bruceclarki [3]
H. councilli [3]
H. globosa [3]
H. insolita [3]
H. micropunctata [3]
H. plummeri [3]
K. cushmani [3]
K. postprojecta [3]
L. fletcheri [3]
M. montuosa [3]
M. pedata [3]
M. prothroensis [3]
O. hannai [3]
P. texanus [3]
P. saratogana [3]
V. arachoides [3]
V. gapensis [3]
V. ozanana [3]
V. reesidei [3]

Avians

Reptiles

Outcrops

See also

References

  1. 1 2 McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  2. ↑ Dane, C.H. (10 September 1926). "Oil-bearing formations of southwestern Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Press Bulletin (8823).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Collins, Jr., Robert J. (June 1960). Stratigraphy and Ostracoda of the Ozan, Annona, and Marlbrook Formations of southwestern Arkansas (PhD). Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
  4. ↑ Bell, Alyssa; Irwin, Kelly J.; Davis, Leo Carson (2015). "Hesperornithiform birds from the Late Creaceous (Campanian) of Arkansas, USA" . Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 118 (3/4): 219–229. doi:10.1660/062.118.0305. JSTOR   24887762. S2CID   83921936.
  5. ↑ Rempert, Trevor; Martens, Brennan; Vinkeles Melchers, Alexander; Rempert, Ashley. "New remains of the mosasaur Globidens alabamaensis from the North Sulphur River of Texas". The Journal of Paleontological Sciences. 11: 1–7. doi:10.5281/zenodo.13324298.


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