The Cherokee Group is a
Pennsylvanian geologic group in
Missouri
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and
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
. The group contains most of the economic coal deposits of Missouri and Iowa.
[Raymond R. Anderson, Pennsylvanian Cherokee Group Strata in the Area of Dolliver Memorial State Park, i]
The Natural History of Dolliver Memorial State Park, Webster County, Iowa
Geological Society of Iowa Guidebook 81, September 29, 2007.
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Missouri, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in Missouri
References
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Missouri
Stratigraphi ...
* Paleontology in Missouri
Paleontology in Missouri refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Missouri. The geologic column of Missouri spans all of geologic history from the Precambrian to present with the exception ...
References
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Geologic groups of Missouri
Carboniferous Iowa
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