Morrill Limestone

Morrill Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian
Type Formation Member
Unit of Beattie Limestone
Underlies Stearns Shale
Overlies Florena Shale of the Beattie Limestone formation
Lithology
Primary Shale
Location
Region mid-continental
Country United States

The Morrill Limestone is a stratigraphic unit in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.[1] It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.

See also

References

  1. Imbrie, John; Laporte, Léo F. & Merriam, Daniel F. (1964), Beattie Limestone Facies (Lower Permian) of the Northern Midcontinent, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas.
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