Moorefield Formation
Geologic formation in northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma
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The Moorefield Formation, or Moorefield Shale, is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma that dates to the Meramecian Series of the middle Mississippian. In Arkansas, this formation is generally recognized to have one member, the Ruddell Shale, in the upper Moorefield Formation.
| Moorefield Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Ruddell Shale |
| Underlies | Batesville Formation |
| Overlies | Boone Formation |
| Thickness | up to 300 feet[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas, Oklahoma |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Moorefield, Independence County, Arkansas |
| Named by | George Irving Adams and Edward Oscar Ulrich[2] |
Paleofauna
Bryozoans
- Batostomella
Cephalopods
- A. alaskense[4]
- Bactrites
- E. ornatus[4]
- Girtyoceras
- G. welleri[4]
