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Beattie Limestone

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Type
  
Formation

Region
  
mid-continental

Overlies
  
Eskridge Shale

Primary
  
Limestone, Slate

Underlies
  
Stearns Shale

Country
  
United States

Unit of
  
Council Grove Group

Sub-units
  
Morrill Limestone Florena Shale Cottonwood Limestone

Extent
  
outcrops from southeast Nebraska to northeast-central Oklahoma

The Beattie Limestone is a geologic formation in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.

References

Beattie Limestone Wikipedia


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