Fort Scott Limestone

The Fort Scott Limestone or Fort Scott Subgroup is a geologic formation in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

Fort Scott Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
Type	Formation
Unit of	Marmaton Group
Sub-units	Blackjack Creek Formation, Little Osage Formation, Higginsville Formation[1]
Location
Region	Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas[2]
Named by	G. C. Swallow, 1866[3]

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Illinois