Potosi Dolomite

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Potosi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
Strabops thatcheri fossil aglaspidid. Potosi Dolomite, Upper Cambrian.jpg
Fossil from the Potosi Dolomite
Type Formation
Underlies Eminence Dolomite and Oneota Dolomite
Overlies Davis Formation, [1] Derby-Doerun Dolomite, [2] and Franconia Formation
Location
Coordinates 38°05′30″N90°41′07″W / 38.091733°N 90.685176°W / 38.091733; -90.685176 Coordinates: 38°05′30″N90°41′07″W / 38.091733°N 90.685176°W / 38.091733; -90.685176
Region Illinois, Indiana, Missouri
Country United States

The Potosi Formation is a geologic formation in Missouri and Indiana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

Contents

Paleofauna

Monoplacophora

G. echolsi [3]

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References

  1. General Stratigraphic Column for Paleozoic Rocks in Indiana
  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, p 229
  3. Stinchcomb, Bruce; Angeli, Nicholas (2002). "New Cambrian and Lower Ordovician monoplacophorans form the Ozark Uplift, Missouri". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (6): 965–974. doi:10.1017/S0022336000057802.