The Goodland Limestone or Goodland Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas[2] and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.[3]
| Goodland Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Kiamichi Shale |
| Overlies | Trinity Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas, Texas |
| Country |  United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Goodland, Choctaw County, Oklahoma |
| Named by | Robert Thomas Hill[1] |
See also
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References
edit- ^ Hill, R.T. (1891). "The Comanche series of the Texas-Arkansas region". Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 2 (1): 504, 514–515, 516, 522. Bibcode:1891GSAB....2..503H. doi:10.1130/GSAB-2-503.
- ^ McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ Omaña, L., Alencaster, G., Buitrón, B.E. (2016). "Mid-early late Albian foraminiferal assemblage from the El Abra Formation in the El Madroño locality, eastern Valles–San Luis Potosí Platform, Mexico: Paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographical significance". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (3): 477–492. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n3a6.
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- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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