Gasconade Formation

The Gasconade Formation is a geologic formation in the Ozarks of Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.

Gasconade Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Conodonts from the Gasconade Formation
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsBasal Gunter Sandstone member
UnderliesRoubidoux Formation
OverliesEminence Formation Cambrian (unconformable)[1]
Lithology
PrimaryDolomite
OtherSandstone
Location
Coordinates38.2°N 91.1°W / 38.2; -91.1
RegionMissouri
Country United States

Paleofauna

Monoplacophora

K. expansus[2]
  • Titanoplina
T. meramecensis[2]

See also

References

  1. 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 112
  2. Stinchcomb, Bruce; Angeli, Nicholas (2002). "New Cambrian and Lower Ordovician monoplacophorans form the Ozark Uplift, Missouri". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (6): 965–974.


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