Pierson Limestone

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Type Formation Country United States Primary Limestone		Other Chert, dolomite Region Missouri Overlies Northview Formation
Unit of Chouteau Group basal unit of the Osagean Series Underlies Reeds Spring Formation and Elsey Formation Named for Pearson Creek, Greene County, Missouri

The Pierson Limestone is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri. It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.

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