Batesville Sandstone
(Redirected from Batesville Formation)
| Batesville Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Hindsville Limestone Member |
| Underlies | Fayetteville Shale |
| Overlies | Ruddell Shale, Moorefield Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas[1][2] |
| Named by | John Casper Branner |
The Batesville Sandstone is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas, United States, that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian. The base of the Batesville Sandstone, named the Hindsville Limestone Member, unconformably lies on the Moorefield Formation.
Paleofauna
[edit | edit source]- O. batesvillensis[3]
- A. proutanus[4]
- B. parvula[4]
- G. michelinia[4]
- T. miseri[4]
- L. subcircularis[5]
- N. caneyanum[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d e f Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
