Mission Canyon Formation Explained

Mission Canyon Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Mississippian
Region:	Montana
Country:	United States

The Mission Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in Montana and Wyoming. It preserves fossils from the Mississippian period.

See also

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

Sources

• Book: Reid . Steven K. . Dorobek . S. L. . Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy: Recent Advances and Applications, . 1994 . American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir . 327-352 . 57 . https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1714&context=msu_faculty_research . Sequence Stratigraphy and Evolution of a Progradational, Foreland Carbonate Ramp, Lower Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation and Stratigraphic Equivalents, Montana and Idaho.

External links

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 8 July 2014.