Noix Limestone
Appearance
Noix Limestone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Ordovician | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Edgewood Group |
Underlies | Silurian Bryant Knob Formation or Bowling Green Dolomite |
Overlies | Maquoketa Shale |
Lithology | |
Primary | Oolitic limestone |
Location | |
Region | Pike County, NE Missouri |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Outcrops along Noix Creek just south of Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri[1] |
The Noix Limestone is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.