The Smithville Formation or Smithville Dolomite 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 ...
in
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 ...
. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Ordovician period.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Arkansas, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in Arkansas
References
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Arkansas
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Paleontology in Arkansas
Paleontology in Arkansas refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the United States, U.S. state of Arkansas. The fossil Fossil record, record of Arkansas spans from the Ordovician to the Eocene. Nearly all of ...
References
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Ordovician Arkansas
Ordovician Missouri
Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits
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