Hindsville Formation

The Hindsville Formation, or Hindsville Limestone Member of the Batesville Formation, is a geologic unit in northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian. Named for the town of Hindsville in Madison County, Arkansas, this unit is recognized as a member of the Batesville Formation in Arkansas and a geologic formation in Oklahoma. Although, some workers have proposed raising the rank of this interval in Arkansas to formation status. Both the Batesville and Hindsville Formations overlie the Moorefield Formation and underlie the Fayetteville Shale.

Hindsville Limestone Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type	Member (AR), Formation (OK)
Unit of	Batesville Formation (AR)
Sub-units	none (AR)
Underlies	Fayetteville Shale
Overlies	Moorefield Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Region	Arkansas, Oklahoma
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Hindsville, Madison County, Arkansas[1]
Named by	Albert Homer Purdue and Hugh Dinsmore Miser

Paleofauna

Blastoids

• Pentremites

"P. elongatus[2]

P. godoni[2]

P. patei[2]

Bryozoans

Archimedes A. communis[3] A. distans[3] A. intermedius[3] Batostomella B. anomala[3] B. parvula[3] B. spinulosa[3] Callocladia C. elegans[3] Coeloclemis C. tumida[3] Dyscritella D. insequalis[3] D. robusta[3]

Fenestella F. cestriensis[3] F. serratula[3] Fistulipora F. excelens[3] F. excelens harrisonensis[3] F. excelens williamsi[3] Idioclema I. insigne[3] Polypora P. mesleriana[3] Pycnopora P. bella[3] P. hirsuta[3] P. regularis[3]

Rhabdomeson R. tubum[3] Rhombopora R. persimilis miser[3] Septopora S. pinnata[3] Stenocladia S. frondosa[3] Streblotrypa S. nicklesi[3] S. nicklesi robusta[3] Sulcoretepora S. pustulosa arcta[3] Syringoclemis S. biserialis[3]

Tabulipora T. cestriensis[3] T. emaciata arkansana[3] T. emaciata inaequalis[3] T. emaciata megastyla[3] T. gracilis[3] T. inermis[3] T. intermittens harrisonensis[3] T. longicamerata[3] T. maculosa[3] T. miseri[3] T. miseri tubulata[3] T. mutabilis[3] T. perattenuata[3] T. poculoformis[3] T. ramosa fayettevillensis[3] T. simulans[3]

Crinoids

Abrotocrinus[4] Agassizocrinus A. conicus[4] Bronaughocrinus B. cherokeensus[4] Cryphiocrinus C. bowsheri[4] C. girtyi[4]

Dichocrinus D. girtyi[4] Pentaramicrinus P. nitidus[4] Staphylocrinus[4]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
• Paleontology in Arkansas

References

1. Purdue, Albert H.; Miser, Hugh D. (1916). "Description of the Eureka Springs and Harrison quadrangles". U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States. 202: 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21.
2. Horowitz, Alan S.; Macurda Jr, D. B. (1977). "Late Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian blastoids from northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 169–170. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
3. 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.
4. Strimple, Harrell L. (1977). "Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) and Morrowan (Lower Pennsylvanian) crinoids of northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 171–176. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.