Gasconade Formation
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| Gasconade Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ordovician | |
 Conodonts from the Gasconade Formation | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Basal Gunter Sandstone member |
| Underlies | Roubidoux Formation |
| Overlies | Eminence Formation Cambrian (unconformable)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Dolomite |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Region | Missouri |
| Country | United States |
The Gasconade Formation is a geologic formation in the Ozarks of Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.
Paleofauna
[edit | edit source]- K. expansus[2]
- T. meramecensis[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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 112
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Categories:
- Ordovician System of North America
- Ordovician Missouri
- Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits
- Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits
- Landforms of the Ozarks
- Dolomite formations of the United States
- Sandstone formations of the United States
- Geologic formations of Missouri
- United States geologic formation stubs
- Ordovician stubs