Foraker Formation | |
Type: | Formation |
Age: | Carboniferous |
Prilithology: | Limestone |
Otherlithology: | Shale |
Namedfor: | Foraker, Oklahoma |
Region: | Midcontinent (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma) |
Country: | United States |
Unitof: | Council Grove Group Informal: Vanoss Group (OK) |
Subunits: | Long Creek limestone Hughes Creek shale Americus limestone |
The Foraker Formation (or Foraker Limestone) is a geologic formation in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating to the Carboniferous period.[1] [2]