Chouteau Limestone
Chouteau Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous | |
Type | Formation |
Location | |
Region | Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Chouteau Springs Cooper County, Missouri, Missouri[1] |
Named by | George Clinton Swallow[1] |
The Chouteau Limestone is a geologic formation in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b G. C. Swallow (1855), The first and second annual reports of the Geological Survey of Missouri, p. 102, Wikidata Q66309335
- ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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