The Kimmswick Limestone is an Ordovician geologic formation in Arkansas , Illinois and Missouri . Fossils occurring in the Kimmswick include corals , bryozoans , brachiopods , conodonts ,[ 4] trilobites , crinoids and mollusks .[ 2]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[ 5]
A. unicostatus [ 4]
A. alveolaris [ 4]
A. elegans [ 4]
A. pulcher [ 4]
A. triangularis [ 4]
A. abrupta [ 4]
A. polita [ 4]
B. compressa [ 4]
C. delicatus [ 4]
C. flexuosus [ 4]
D. brevis [ 4]
D. scotti [ 4]
D. typica [ 4]
D. falcatus [ 4]
D. homocurvatus [ 4]
D. suberectus [ 4]
E. delicata [ 4]
I. superba [ 4]
K. gracilis [ 4]
O. abundans [ 4]
O. inclinatus [ 4]
O. parallelus [ 4]
O. concinna [ 4]
P. compressus [ 4]
P. ellisoni [ 4]
P. fornicalis [ 4]
P. gracilis [ 4]
P. simplex [ 4]
P. undatus [ 4]
P. furcata [ 4]
R. divaricatus [ 4]
R. typicus [ 4]
S. robustus [ 4]
S. insculptus [ 4]
T. superbus [ 4]
T. exacta [ 4]
Z. curvata [ 4]
Z. mira [ 4]
E. slocomi [ 6]
See also
References
^ a b c Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 153
^ a b c d "Arkansas Geologic Survey" . Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11 .
^ Ulrich, E. (1904). "The quarrying industry of Missouri". Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines . 2nd Series. 2 : 111.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Craig, William (1968). The stratigraphy and conodont paleontology of Ordovician and Silurian strata, Batesville district, Independence and Izard counties, Arkansas (PhD). The University of Texas.
^ Kimmswick Limestone at Fossilworks .org
^ Sinclair, G. Winston (1949). "The Ordovician trilobite Eobronteus". Journal of Paleontology . 23 (1): 48–50, pls. 12, 13.