Fort Riley Limestone
| Fort Riley Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian | |
| Type | Formation Member |
| Unit of | Barneston Limestone |
| Underlies | Holmesville Shale member of the Doyle Shale formation |
| Overlies | Oketo Shale member of the Barneston Limestone formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | mid-continental |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Fort Riley, Kansas |
The Fort Riley Limestone is a stratigraphic unit and historic building stone, sold commercially as Silverdale,[1] in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma
- Paleontology in Kansas
- Paleontology in Nebraska
- Paleontology in Oklahoma
References
- ^ Susan Ward Aber and David A. Grisafe (1982). Petrographic Characteristics of Kansas Building Limestones, Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 224. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas.
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