Batesville Sandstone

The Batesville Sandstone is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian. The base of the Batesville Sandstone, named the Hindsville Limestone Member, unconformably lies on the Moorefield Formation.

Batesville Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsHindsville Limestone Member
UnderliesFayetteville Shale
OverliesRuddell Shale, Moorefield Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherLimestone
Location
RegionArkansas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forBatesville, Independence County, Arkansas[1][2]
Named byJohn Casper Branner

Paleofauna

Brachiopods
  • Orthotetes
O. batesvillensis[3]

Bryozoans
A. proutanus[4]
  • Batostomella
B. parvula[4]
  • Glyptopora
G. michelinia[4]
  • Leioclema[4]
  • Polypora[4]
  • Tabulipora
T. miseri[4]

Cephalopods
G. choctawensis[5]
G. granosus[5]
  • Lusitanites
L. subcircularis[5]
  • Neoglyphioceras
N. caneyanum[5]


See also

References
  1. Branner, J. (1891). "Introduction". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 4: xiii.
  2. Simonds, F. (1891). "The geology of Washington County". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 4: 26, 49–53.
  3. Henry, Thomas W.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1985). "Chesterian Davidsoniacean and Orthotetacean brachiopods, Ozark region of Arkansas and Oklahoma". Journal of Paleontology. 59 (1): 32–59.
  4. Horowitz, Alan S. (1977). "Late Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian bryozoan faunas of Arkansas and Oklahoma: a review" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 101–105. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. Saunders, W. Bruce; Manger, Walter L.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1977). "Upper Mississippian and Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian ammonoid biostratigraphy of northern Arkansas" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 117–137. Retrieved 1 February 2018.


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