Morrill Limestone
The Morrill Limestone is a stratigraphic unit in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.[1] It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.
| Morrill Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian | |
| Type | Formation Member |
| Unit of | Beattie Limestone |
| Underlies | Stearns Shale |
| Overlies | Florena Shale of the Beattie Limestone formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | mid-continental |
| Country | United States |
See also
References
- Imbrie, John; Laporte, Léo F. & Merriam, Daniel F. (1964), Beattie Limestone Facies (Lower Permian) of the Northern Midcontinent, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas.
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