Ozan Formation
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Ozan Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous | |
![]() Fossil ammonites from the Ozan Formation | |
Type | Formation |
Sub-units | Austin Group |
Underlies | Annona Chalk |
Overlies | Austin Chalk, Brownstown Marl |
Thickness | 150 to 250 feet[1] |
Location | |
Region | Arkansas, Oklahoma |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named by | C.H. Dane[2] |
The Ozan Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Oklahoma[1] and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
Paleofauna
Ostracods
- A. ponderosana[3]
- A. dubia[3]
- B. rotunda[3]
- B. windhami[3]
- C. fabaformis[3]
- C. bicornis[3]
- C. caudata[3]
- C. communis[3]
- C. costatana[3]
- C. dallasensis[3]
- C. hannai[3]
- C. paraustinensis[3]
- C. plummeri[3]
- C. spoori[3]
- C. verricula[3]
- C. austinensis[3]
- C. blakei[3]
- L. fletcheri[3]
- O. hannai[3]
- P. texanus[3]
- P. saratogana[3]
- V. reesidei[3]
Avians
Outcrops
Annona Chalk overlying Ozan Formation at what is now called White Cliffs Natural Area, with the Little River in the foreground, Howard County, AR (c. 1910)
See also
References
- ^ a b McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ Dane, C.H. (10 September 1926). U.S. Geological Survey Press Bulletin (8823).
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(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Collins, Jr., Robert J. (June 1960). Stratigraphy and Ostracoda of the Ozan, Annona, and Marlbrook Formations of southwestern Arkansas (PhD). Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
- ^ Bell, Alyssa; Irwin, Kelly J.; Davis, Leo Carson (2015). "Hesperornithiform birds from the Late Creaceous (Campanian) of Arkansas, USA". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 118 (3/4): 219–229. doi:10.1660/062.118.0305. JSTOR 24887762. S2CID 83921936 – via JSTOR.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.