Chouteau Limestone
Chouteau Formation Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous | |
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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]
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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". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Categories:
- Carboniferous Illinois
- Carboniferous Kansas
- Carboniferous Missouri
- Carboniferous Iowa
- Carboniferous southern paleotemperate deposits
- Illinois geologic formation stubs
- Midwestern United States geologic formation stubs
- Iowa geography stubs
- Kansas geologic formation stubs
- Missouri geography stubs