Witts Springs Formation

Witts Springs Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian
TypeFormation
Lithology
Primarysandstone
Otherlimestone, siltstone, and shale
Location
RegionArkansas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forWitts Springs, Arkansas, Arkansas
Named byErnest E. Glick, Sherwood Earl Frezon, and Mackenzie Gordon Jr.[1]

The Witts Springs Formation is a sandstone geologic formation in Arkansas with thin layers of limestone, shale, and siltstone. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

Paleontology

Bivalves

A. arkansanus[1]

Brachiopods

A. morrowensis[1]
C. ozarkana[1]
S. altirostris[1]

Cephalopods

G. adaense[1]
G. globosus[1]
G. morrowensis[1]
G. oblatus[1]
  • Mooreoceras[1]
  • Pygmaeoceras[1]
  • Stenopronorites
S. arkansiensis[1]

Coral

Gastropods

Scaphopods

Trilobites

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Glick, E.E.; Frezon, S.E.; Gordon, Jr., M. (1964). "Witts Springs formation of Morrow age in the Snowball quadrangle, north-central Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 1194-D: D1 – D16.


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