Compton Limestone

Compton Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type	Formation
Underlies	Northview Formation
Overlies	Cotter Formation, Chattanooga Shale
Thickness	5 to 50 ft[1]
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Shale
Location
Region	Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Compton, Webster County, Missouri
Named by	Raymond Cecil Moore[2]

The Compton Limestone is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri.[1] It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian subperiod.[3] The Compton rests unconformably on the Cotter Dolomite of Ordovician age. The Compton was named for the community of Compton, Missouri, as the type sections were described for outcrops along the James River and its tributary the Compton Branch.[4]

See also

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

References

1. Springfield Plateau Groundwater Province, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
2. Moore, R.C. (1928). "Early Mississippian formations in Missouri". Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines. 2nd Series. 21: 108–109, 111, 118–122, 131, 158.
3. The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 56-57
4. Geologic Unit: Compton, type locality Geolex, USGS

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.