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Boone, USA

FormationBoone
Member(s)Grand Falls Chert
Moccasin Bend
Reeds Spring
St. Joe
Age:345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalMeramecian
Lithologychert/"carbonate", chert
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences11

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
USGS 3203. East side of valley 1 mile southeast of JamesScott County, Arkansas, USABoone
USGS 3204. Abandoned limestone quarryIndependence County, Arkansas, USABoone
USGS 3996 Lake O' the CherokeesDelaware County, Oklahoma, USABoone - Mocassin Bend
USGS 8380Cherokee County, Kansas, USABoone - Grand Falls Chert
USGS 9899Independence County, Arkansas, USABoone - St. Joe
Streambed boulder SE of CassvilleBarry County, Missouri, USABoone
Highway 112Barry County, Missouri, USABoone - Reeds Spring

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Boone - Grand Falls Chert345 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
limestone2
Boone - Moccasin Bend345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
limestone2
Boone - Reeds Spring345 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
1
Boone - St. Joe359 - 354 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone2
Hindsville Limestone339 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
limestone1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Keokukia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Keokukia345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Beyrichoceras hornerae
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Maxigoniatitidae : Beyrichoceras : Beyrichoceras hornerae345.3 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Muensteroceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Muensteroceratidae : Muensteroceras345.3 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Polaricyclus ballardensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pericyclidae : Polaricyclus : Polaricyclus ballardensis345.3 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Imitoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prionoceratidae : Imitoceras358.9 - 353.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Merocanites drostei
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prolecanitidae : Merocanites : Merocanites drostei345.3 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Orthonychia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Orthonychia345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Orthonychia ungula
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Orthonychia : Orthonychia ungula345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Metoptoma undata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Palaeocapulus : Metoptoma undata345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyceras latum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Platyceras latum345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyceras oxynotum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Platyceras oxynotum345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Bembexia magna
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Ptychomphalina : Bembexia magna345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Girty G. H. (1929) The fauna of the middle Boone near Batesville, Arkansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 154 B, 73-103
Gordon, Jr. M. (1964) Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460, 1-322
Gordon, Jr. M., Henry T. W., et al (1993) Late Mississippian Productoid Brachiopods Inflatia, Keokukia, and Adairia, Ozark Region of Oklahoma and Arkansas, Paleontological Society Memoir 30, 1-29
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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