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Witts Springs Formation

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Geologic Process of Formation
Witts Springs Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian
TypeFormation
Lithology
Primarysandstone
Otherlimestone, siltstone, and shale
Location
Region Arkansas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forWitts Springs, Arkansas, Arkansas
Named byErnest E. Glick, Sherwood Earl Frezon, and Mackenzie Gordon Jr.

The Witts Springs Formation is a sandstone geologic formation in Arkansas with thin layers of limestone, shale, and siltstone. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

Paleontology

Bivalves

A. arkansanus

Brachiopods

A. morrowensis
C. ozarkana
S. altirostris

Cephalopods

G. adaense
G. globosus
G. morrowensis
G. oblatus
S. arkansiensis

Coral

Gastropods

Scaphopods

Trilobites

See also

References

  1. ^ Glick, E.E.; Frezon, S.E.; Gordon, Jr., M. (1964). "Witts Springs formation of Morrow age in the Snowball quadrangle, north-central Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 1194-D: D1–D16.


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