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Boone, USA

Formation	Boone
Member(s)	Grand Falls Chert Moccasin Bend Reeds Spring St. Joe
Age:	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Meramecian
Lithology	chert/"carbonate", chert
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	11

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
USGS 3203. East side of valley 1 mile southeast of James	Scott County, Arkansas, USA	Boone
USGS 3204. Abandoned limestone quarry	Independence County, Arkansas, USA	Boone
USGS 3996 Lake O' the Cherokees	Delaware County, Oklahoma, USA	Boone - Mocassin Bend
USGS 8380	Cherokee County, Kansas, USA	Boone - Grand Falls Chert
USGS 9899	Independence County, Arkansas, USA	Boone - St. Joe
Streambed boulder SE of Cassville	Barry County, Missouri, USA	Boone
Highway 112	Barry County, Missouri, USA	Boone - Reeds Spring

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Boone - Grand Falls Chert	345 - 345 Ma Carboniferous	limestone	2
Boone - Moccasin Bend	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous	limestone	2
Boone - Reeds Spring	345 - 345 Ma Carboniferous		1
Boone - St. Joe	359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic	limestone	2
Hindsville Limestone	339 - 318 Ma Carboniferous	limestone	1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Keokukia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : *Keokukia*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Beyrichoceras hornerae species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Maxigoniatitidae : Beyrichoceras : *Beyrichoceras hornerae*	345.3 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Muensteroceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Muensteroceratidae : *Muensteroceras*	345.3 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Polaricyclus ballardensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pericyclidae : Polaricyclus : *Polaricyclus ballardensis*	345.3 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Imitoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prionoceratidae : *Imitoceras*	358.9 - 353.8 Ma Paleozoic
Merocanites drostei species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prolecanitidae : Merocanites : *Merocanites drostei*	345.3 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Orthonychia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : *Orthonychia*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Orthonychia ungula species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Orthonychia : *Orthonychia ungula*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Metoptoma undata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Palaeocapulus : *Metoptoma undata*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras latum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : *Platyceras latum*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras oxynotum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : *Platyceras oxynotum*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Bembexia magna species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Ptychomphalina : *Bembexia magna*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous

References

Girty G. H. (1929) The fauna of the middle Boone near Batesville, Arkansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 154 B, 73-103

Gordon, Jr. M. (1964) Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460, 1-322

Gordon, Jr. M., Henry T. W., et al (1993) Late Mississippian Productoid Brachiopods Inflatia, Keokukia, and Adairia, Ozark Region of Oklahoma and Arkansas, Paleontological Society Memoir 30, 1-29

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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