Fernvale Limestone

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Fernvale Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
TypeFormation
UnderliesCason Shale
OverliesKimmswick Limestone
Thickness0 to 100+ feet in Arkansas[1]
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
RegionArkansas, Tennessee
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named byCharles Willard Hayes and Edward Oscar Ulrich[2]

The Fernvale Limestone is a geologic formation in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

Paleontology

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Brachiopods

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L. cooperi[3]
L. oblongus[3]

Conodonts

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See also

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