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Kimmswick Limestone
Geologic formation in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kimmswick Limestone is an Ordovician geologic formation in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri. Fossils occurring in the Kimmswick include corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, conodonts,[4] trilobites, crinoids and mollusks.[2]
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Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[5]
Conodonts
- A. unicostatus[4]
- Acontiodus
- A. alveolaris[4]
- Ambalodus
- Aphelognathus
- Belodina
- B. compressa[4]
- Dichognathus
- Distacodus
- D. falcatus[4]
- Drepanodus
- Eoligonodina
- E. delicata[4]
- Icriodella
- I. superba[4]
- Keislognathus
- K. gracilis[4]
- Oistodus
- O. concinna[4]
- Phragmodus
- P. undatus[4]
- Prioniodina
- P. furcata[4]
- Rhynchognathodus
- Sagittodontus
- S. robustus[4]
- Scolopodus
- S. insculptus[4]
- Tetraprioniodus
- T. superbus[4]
- Trichonodella
- T. exacta[4]
- Zygognathus
Trilobites
- Eobronteus
- E. slocomi[6]
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