Batesville Sandstone
Geologic formation in northern Arkansas
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The Batesville Sandstone is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas, United States, that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian. The base of the Batesville Sandstone, named the Hindsville Limestone Member, unconformably lies on the Moorefield Formation.
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsHindsville Limestone Member
UnderliesFayetteville Shale
OverliesRuddell Shale, Moorefield Formation
| Batesville Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Hindsville Limestone Member |
| Underlies | Fayetteville Shale |
| Overlies | Ruddell Shale, Moorefield Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas[1][2] |
| Named by | John Casper Branner |
Paleofauna
Brachiopods
- Orthotetes
- O. batesvillensis[3]
Bryozoans
- A. proutanus[4]
- Batostomella
- B. parvula[4]
- Glyptopora
- G. michelinia[4]
- Leioclema[4]
- Polypora[4]
- Tabulipora
- T. miseri[4]
Cephalopods
- Lusitanites
- L. subcircularis[5]
- Neoglyphioceras
- N. caneyanum[5]
