Neva Limestone

Neva Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian
Type	Formation Member
Unit of	Grenola Limestone
Sub-units	Soft Neva, Hard Neva[1]
Underlies	Eskridge Shale
Overlies	Salem Point Shale member of the Grenola Limestone formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Region	mid-continental
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Neva, Kansas

The Neva Limestone is a stratigraphic unit and historic building stone[1] in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma
• Paleontology in Kansas
• Paleontology in Nebraska
• Paleontology in Oklahoma

References

1. Susan Ward Aber and David A. Grisafe (1982). Petrographic Characteristics of Kansas Building Limestones, Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 224. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas.

External links

• Stratigraphic Nomenclature