Stanton Formation

The Stanton Formation is a geologic formation of limestone in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. It is in the Upper Pennsylvanian series, forming the top of the Lansing Group.[1]

Stanton Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pennsylvanian
TypeFormation
Unit ofLansing Group
Sub-unitsCaptain Creek Limestone, Eudora Shale, Rock Lake Shale, Stoner Limestone, Tyro Oolite
UnderliesWeston Shale Member of the Stranger Formation
OverliesVilas Shale
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone, shale
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates38.3°N 95.3°W / 38.3; -95.3
Approximate paleocoordinates3.6°S 28.5°W / -3.6; -28.5
RegionNebraska, Iowa, Missouri & Kansas
Country United States
Type section
Named forStanton
Stanton Formation (the United States)
Stanton Formation (Kansas)
Fossils from the Stanton Formation

Location

The Stanton Formation overlies and underlies the Vilas Shale and the Weston Shale Member of the Stranger Formation respectively. The Stanton Limestone outcrop is found between the Platte River Valley of eastern Nebraska to the Oklahoma border, traversing through Iowa, Missouri and eastern Kansas.[1]

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References

Further reading

  • R. K. Pabian and W. J. Rushlau. 2002. Taphonomic Analysis and Systematic Descriptions of Some Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian Crinoids from Southeastern Nebraska, Eastern Kansas and Southwestern Iowa. Geological Survey Papers 20
  • J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334
  • P. F. Holterhoff. 1997. Filtration models, guilds, and biofacies: crinoid paleoecology of the Stanton Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian), Midcontinent, North America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 130(1-4):177-208
  • R. B. Winston. 1983. A Late Pennsylvanian upland flora in Kansas: Systematics and environmental implications. Rev. Palaeobotany. Palynol. 40:5-31
  • R. K. Pabian and J. A. Fagerstrom. 1972. Late Paleozoic trilobites from southeastern Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 46(6):789-816
  • R. M. Jeffords. 1947. Pennsylvanian lophophyllidid corals. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Coelenterata 1:1-84
  • B. Kellett. 1935. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kanss: III. Bairdiidae (concluded), Cytherellidae, Cypridinidae, Entomoconchidae, Cytheridae, and Cypridae. Journal of Paleontology 9(2):132-166
  • N. D. Newell. 1935. Some Mid-Pennsylvanian invertebrates from Kansas and Oklahoma. II. Stromatoporoidea, Anthozoa, and Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):341-355
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