Boggy Formation Explained

Boggy Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Pennsylvanian
Period:	Pennsylvanian
Namedby:	J.A. Taff^[1]
Region:	Arkansas, Oklahoma
Country:	United States
Overlies:	Savanna Formation

The Boggy Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

Paleontology

• Amithorthoceras

A. unicamera^[2]

• Arkbuckleoceras

A. tricamerae^[2]

• Bitaunioceras

B. buckhornense^[2]

• Cyrtorthoracoceras?^[2]
• Dolorthoceras

D. boggyense^[2]

• Pseudorthoceras

P. knoxense^[2]

• Sueroceras

S. oklahomense^[2]

• Sulphurnites

S. taffi^[2]

• Unklesbayoceras

U. striatulum^[2]

See also

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

References

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

Notes and References

1. Taff. J.A.. Geology of the McAlester-Lehigh coal field, Indian Territory. Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, Part 3, Economic Geology. 1899. 438–439.
2. Niko. Shuji. Seuss. Barbara. Mapes. Royal H.. Desmoinesian (Middle Pennsylvanian) orthocerid cephalopods from the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstatte in Oklahoma, midcontinent North America. Paleontological Research. 1 January 2018. 22. 1. 20–36. 10.2517/2017PR008. 135090100. 20 February 2018.