Coordinates: 39°12′N 90°48′W / 39.2°N 90.8°W / 39.2; -90.8

Kimmswick Limestone

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Kimmswick Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Sandbian-Katian (Trentonian-Shermanian)
~458–446 Ma
File:KimmswickOzoraMidOrdReceptaculitid.jpg
Fossil from the Kimmswick Limestone (Missouri)
TypeFormation
UnderliesCape Limestone, Maquoketa Group[1] or the Fernvale Limestone in Arkansas[2]
OverliesDecorah Shale[1] or Plattin Limestone[2]
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherSandstone, dolomite[2]
Location
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RegionArkansas, Illinois, Missouri
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forKimmswick, Jefferson County, Missouri[3]
Named byEdward Oscar Ulrich
Year defined1904[1]
Kimmswick Limestone (the United States)
Kimmswick Limestone (Missouri)

The Kimmswick Limestone is an Ordovician geologic formation in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri. Fossils occurring in the Kimmswick include corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, conodonts,[4] trilobites, crinoids and mollusks.[2]

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[5]

Conodonts

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A. unicostatus[4]
A. alveolaris[4]
A. elegans[4]
A. pulcher[4]
A. triangularis[4]
A. abrupta[4]
A. polita[4]
B. compressa[4]
C. delicatus[4]
C. flexuosus[4]
D. brevis[4]
D. scotti[4]
D. typica[4]
D. falcatus[4]
D. homocurvatus[4]
D. suberectus[4]
E. delicata[4]
I. superba[4]
K. gracilis[4]
O. abundans[4]
O. inclinatus[4]
O. parallelus[4]
O. concinna[4]
P. compressus[4]
P. ellisoni[4]
P. fornicalis[4]
P. gracilis[4]
P. simplex[4]
P. undatus[4]
P. furcata[4]
R. divaricatus[4]
R. typicus[4]
S. robustus[4]
S. insculptus[4]
T. superbus[4]
T. exacta[4]
Z. curvata[4]
Z. mira[4]

Trilobites

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E. slocomi[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 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 153
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  5. ^ Kimmswick Limestone at Fossilworks.org
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