Batesville Sandstone

The Batesville Sandstone is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian. The base of the Batesville Sandstone, named the Hindsville Limestone Member, unconformably lies on the Moorefield Formation.

Batesville Sandstone Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type	Formation
Sub-units	Hindsville Limestone Member
Underlies	Fayetteville Shale
Overlies	Ruddell Shale, Moorefield Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Limestone
Location
Region	Arkansas
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas[1][2]
Named by	John Casper Branner

Paleofauna

Bryozoans

• Archimedes

A. proutanus[3]

• Batostomella

B. parvula[3]

• Glyptopora

G. michelinia[3]

• Leioclema[3]
• Polypora[3]
• Tabulipora

T. miseri[3]

Cephalopods

• Goniatites

G. choctawensis[4]

G. granosus[4]

• Lusitanites

L. subcircularis[4]

• Neoglyphioceras

N. caneyanum[4]

See also

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

References

1. Branner, J. (1891). "Introduction". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 4: xiii.
2. Simonds, F. (1891). "The geology of Washington County". Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888. 4: 26, 49–53.
3. Horowitz, Alan S. (1977). "Late Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian bryozoan faunas of Arkansas and Oklahoma: a review" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 101–105. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
4. Saunders, W. Bruce; Manger, Walter L.; Gordon Jr., Mackenzie (1977). "Upper Mississippian and Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian ammonoid biostratigraphy of northern Arkansas" (PDF). Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook. 18: 117–137. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.