Batesville Sandstone Explained

Batesville Sandstone
Type:	Formation
Age:	Mississippian
Period:	Mississippian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Limestone
Namedfor:	Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas^[1] ^[2]
Namedby:	John Casper Branner
Region:	Arkansas
Country:	United States
Subunits:	Hindsville Limestone Member
Underlies:	Fayetteville Shale
Overlies:	Ruddell Shale, Moorefield Formation

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

Brachiopods

• Orthotetes

O. batesvillensis^[3]

Bryozoans

• Archimedes

A. proutanus^[4]

• Batostomella

B. parvula^[4]

• Glyptopora

G. michelinia^[4]

• Leioclema^[4]
• Polypora^[4]
• Tabulipora

T. miseri^[4]

Cephalopods

• Goniatites

G. choctawensis^[5]

G. granosus^[5]

• Lusitanites

L. subcircularis^[5]

• Neoglyphioceras

N. caneyanum^[5]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
• Paleontology in Arkansas

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.

Notes and References

1. Branner. J.. Introduction. Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 1891. 4. xiii.
2. Simonds. F.. The geology of Washington County. Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 1891. 4. 26, 49–53.
3. Henry. Thomas W.. Gordon Jr.. Mackenzie. 1985. Chesterian Davidsoniacean and Orthotetacean brachiopods, Ozark region of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology. 59. 1. 32–59.
4. Horowitz. Alan S.. Late Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian bryozoan faunas of Arkansas and Oklahoma: a review. Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 1977. 18. 101–105. 3 February 2018.
5. Saunders. W. Bruce. Manger. Walter L.. Gordon Jr.. Mackenzie. Upper Mississippian and Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian ammonoid biostratigraphy of northern Arkansas. Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 1977. 18. 117–137. 1 February 2018.