The Boggy Formation is a

geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

and

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

. It preserves fossils dating back to the

Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...

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Paleontology

*'' Amithorthoceras'' :''A. unicamera'' *'' Arkbuckleoceras'' :''A. tricamerae'' *'' Bitaunioceras'' :''B. buckhornense'' *'' Cyrtorthoracoceras?'' *'' Dolorthoceras'' :''D. boggyense'' *'' Pseudorthoceras'' :''P. knoxense'' *'' Sueroceras'' :''S. oklahomense'' *'' Sulphurnites'' :''S. taffi'' *'' Unklesbayoceras'' :''U. striatulum''

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* Carboniferous Arkansas Carboniferous geology of Oklahoma Carboniferous southern paleotropical deposits {{Carboniferous-stub

Paleontology

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