Ozan Formation Explained

Ozan Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Cretaceous
Namedby:C.H. Dane[1]
Region:Arkansas, Oklahoma
Country:United States
Subunits:Austin Group
Underlies:Annona Chalk
Overlies:Austin Chalk, Brownstown Marl
Thickness:150 to 250 feet[2]

The Ozan Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Oklahoma[2] and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

Paleofauna

Ostracods

A. ponderosana[3]

A. dubia[3]

B. rotunda[3]

B. ledaforma[3]

B. rhomboidalis[3]

B. sphenoides[3]

B. windhami[3]

C. fabaformis[3]

C. bicornis[3]

C. caudata[3]

C. communis[3]

C. costatana[3]

C. dallasensis[3]

C. hannai[3]

C. paraustinensis[3]

C. plummeri[3]

C. spoori[3]

C. verricula[3]

C. austinensis[3]

C. crafti[3]

C. ozanana[3]

C. spiralia[3]

C. tollettensis[3]

C. blakei[3]

H. bruceclarki[3]

H. councilli[3]

H. globosa[3]

H. insolita[3]

H. micropunctata[3]

H. plummeri[3]

K. cushmani[3]

K. postporjecta[3]

L. fletcheri[3]

M. montuosa[3]

M. pedata[3]

M. prothroensis[3]

O. hannai[3]

P. texanus[3]

P. saratogana[3]

V. arachoides[3]

V. gapensis[3]

V. ozanana[3]

V. reesidei[3]

Avians

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Dane. C.H.. U.S. Geological Survey Press Bulletin. 10 September 1926. 8823.
  2. McFarland. John David. Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas. Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 2004. 1998. 36. 29. 2018-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221195953/http://www.geology.ar.gov/pdf/IC-36_v.pdf. 2016-12-21. dead.
  3. Collins, Jr. . Robert J. . June 1960 . Stratigraphy and Ostracoda of the Ozan, Annona, and Marlbrook Formations of southwestern Arkansas. PhD . Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
  4. Bell. Alyssa. Irwin. Kelly J.. Davis. Leo Carson. 2015. Hesperornithiform birds from the Late Creaceous (Campanian) of Arkansas, USA. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 118. 3/4. 219–229. 10.1660/062.118.0305. 24887762. 83921936. JSTOR.