Eminence Formation Explained

Eminence Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Upper Cambrian
Period:	Cambrian
Prilithology:	Dolomite
Otherlithology:	Chert
Region:	Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	37.1506°N -91.3575°W
Underlies:	Gunter Sandstone Member of the Gasconade Formation
Overlies:	Potosi Formation^[1]

The Eminence Formation or Eminence Dolomite is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

Paleofauna

Monoplacophora

• Biloboconus

B. frizzelli^[2]

• Potosiplina

P. delorensis^[2]

See also

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

References

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/ogc/docs/RI-073.pdf 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 95
2. Stinchcomb . Bruce . Angeli . Nicholas . New Cambrian and Lower Ordovician monoplacophorans form the Ozark Uplift, Missouri . Journal of Paleontology . 2002 . 76 . 6 . 965–974. 10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0965:NCALOM>2.0.CO;2 .