Morrill Limestone

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Morrill Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian
TypeFormation Member
Unit ofBeattie Limestone
UnderliesStearns Shale
OverliesFlorena Shale of the Beattie Limestone formation
Lithology
PrimaryShale
Location
Regionmid-continental
CountryUnited States

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

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  1. ^ Imbrie, John; Laporte, Léo F. & Merriam, Daniel F. (1964), Beattie Limestone Facies (Lower Permian) of the Northern Midcontinent, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas.

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