Compton Limestone

The Compton Limestone is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri.^[1] It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian subperiod.^[3] The Compton rests unconformably on the Cotter Dolomite of Ordovician age. The Compton was named for the community of Compton, Missouri, as the type sections were described for outcrops along the James River and its tributary the Compton Branch.^[4]

Compton Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type	Formation
Underlies	Northview Formation
Overlies	Cotter Formation, Chattanooga Shale
Thickness	5 to 50 ft[1]
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Shale
Location
Region	Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Compton, Webster County, Missouri
Named by	Raymond Cecil Moore[2]

See also

• Paleontology portal

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