Fernvale Limestone Explained

Fernvale Limestone
Type:Formation
Age:Ordovician
Prilithology:Limestone
Namedby:Charles Willard Hayes and Edward Oscar Ulrich[1]
Region:Arkansas, Tennessee
Country:United States
Underlies:Cason Shale
Overlies:Kimmswick Limestone
Thickness:0 to 100+ feet in Arkansas[2]

The Fernvale Limestone is a geologic formation in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri,Oklahoma, and Tennessee.[2] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

Paleontology

Brachiopods

L. cooperi[3]

L. oblongus[3]

Conodonts

A. unicostatus[4]

A. alveolaris[4]

A. triangularis[4]

A. ordovicica[4]

A. polita[4]

B. compressa[4]

B. inclinata[4]

B. ornata[4]

B. penna[4]

B. profunda[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. venustus[4]

O. inclinata[4]

O. tenuis[4]

P. trigonius[4]

P. compressus[4]

P. ellisoni[4]

P. fornicalis[4]

P. gracilis[4]

P. homosimilaris[4]

P. panderi[4]

P. simplex[4]

P. sulcatus[4]

P. undatus[4]

P. furcata[4]

R. divaricatus[4]

R. typicus[4]

S. robustus[4]

S. insculptus[4]

T. exacta[4]

T. diminuta[4]

T. tenuis[4]

Z. curvata[4]

Z. mira[4]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Hayes. C.W.. Ulrich. E.O.. Description of the Columbia quadrangle. U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States. 1903. 95. 2.
  2. McFarland. John David. Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas. Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 2004. 1998. 36. 6–7. 2018-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221195953/http://www.geology.ar.gov/pdf/IC-36_v.pdf. 2016-12-21. dead.
  3. Amsden. Thomas W.. The Late Ordovician brachiopod genera Lepidocyclus and Hiscobeccus. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin. 1983. 132. 36–44, 52–59 (plates). 4 February 2018.
  4. Craig . William . 1968 . The stratigraphy and conodont paleontology of Ordovician and Silurian strata, Batesville district, Independence and Izard counties, Arkansas . PhD . The University of Texas.