Batesville Sandstone

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.

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

• Archimedes

A. proutanus^[4]

• Batostomella

B. parvula^[4]

• Glyptopora

G. michelinia^[4]

• Leioclema^[4]
• Polypora^[4]
• Tabulipora

T. miseri^[4]

Cephalopods

• Goniatites

G. choctawensis^[5]

G. granosus^[5]

• Lusitanites

L. subcircularis^[5]

• Neoglyphioceras

N. caneyanum^[5]

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• United States portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
• Paleontology in Arkansas