Salem Limestone

The Salem Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian subperiod.

Salem Formation Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Sanders Group
Underlies	St. Louis Limestone
Overlies	Harrodsburg Limestone[1] Warsaw Formation[2]
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Region	Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Salem, Washington County, Indiana[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Illinois
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Indiana
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kentucky
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri

References

1. http://www.indiana.edu/~paleoind/Resources/IndianaStratColumn.pdf
2. Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 253-254

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.