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Burlington Limestone, USA

Formation	Burlington Limestone
Age:	354 - 343 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Tournaisian
Tectonic Setting	Cratonic basin
Lithology	dolomite, "limestone", "limestone"/chert, chert
Number of Collections	28
Number of Occurrences	49

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Bullard-Hunt Quarry I	St. Clair County, Missouri, USA	Burlington Limestone
Upper Burlington Limestone	Adams County, Illinois, USA	Burlington Limestone
hill slope	Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA	Burlington limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Keokuk Limestone	345 - 331 Ma Carboniferous	limestone	18
Tournaisian	359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic	dolomite	1
Warsaw	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous	limestone	9

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Diplododella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : *Diplododella*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Neoprioniodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : *Neoprioniodus*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Pseudopolygnathus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : *Pseudopolygnathus*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Idioprioniodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : *Idioprioniodus*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Spathognathodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : *Spathognathodus*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Gnathodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Idiognathodontidae : *Gnathodus*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Ozarkodina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Prioniodontidae : *Ozarkodina*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Polygnathus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Polygnathidae : *Polygnathus*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Fandasterias sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Fandasteridae : *Fandasterias*	353.8 - 342.8 Ma Carboniferous
Actinocrinites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Actinocrinitidae : *Actinocrinites*	353.8 - 342.8 Ma Carboniferous
Earlandia sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Earlandiidae : *Earlandia*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Granuliferella sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Endothyranopsidae : *Granuliferella*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Palaeospiroplectammina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Palaeospiroplectamminidae : *Palaeospiroplectammina*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic
Stacheoides sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Ungdarellaceae : *Stacheoides*	358.9 - 346.7 Ma Paleozoic

References

Collinson C., Baxter J. W., et al (1981) Mississippian Stratotypes, International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy Working Group on the Mississippian of the U.S.A. in Conjuction with the 15th Annual Meeting of the North Central Section G.S.A., 1-56

Ausich W. I., Kammer T. W. (1991) Late Osagean and Meramecian Actinocrinites (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the Mississippian stratotype region, Journal of Paleontology 65 3, 485-499

Blake D. B., Elliott D. R. (2003) Ossicular homologies, systematics, and phylogenetic implications of certain North American Carboniferous asteroids (Echinodermata), Journal of Paleontology 77 3, 476-489

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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