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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.

References

Pierson Limestone Wikipedia