Witts Springs Formation
The Witts Springs Formation is a sandstone geologic formation in Arkansas with thin layers of limestone, shale, and siltstone. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
| Witts Springs Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | sandstone |
| Other | limestone, siltstone, and shale |
| Location | |
| Region |  Arkansas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Witts Springs, Arkansas, Arkansas |
| Named by | Ernest E. Glick, Sherwood Earl Frezon, and Mackenzie Gordon Jr.[1] |
Paleontology
Gastropods
- Bellerophon[1]
- Donaldina[1]
- Euphemites[1]
- Glabrocingulum[1]
- Knightites (Retispira or Cymatospire)[1]
References
- Glick, E.E.; Frezon, S.E.; Gordon, Jr., M. (1964). "Witts Springs formation of Morrow age in the Snowball quadrangle, north-central Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 1194-D: D1–D16.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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