Pierson Limestone

The Pierson Limestone is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri.^[1] It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.^[3]

Pierson Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Chouteau Group basal unit of the Osagean Series
Underlies	Reeds Spring Formation and Elsey Formation
Overlies	Northview Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Chert, dolomite
Location
Region	Missouri
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Pierson Creek, Greene County, Missouri
Named by	Stuart Weller (1901)[1][2]