Carboniferous period geologic formation in Appalachia and Southeastern United States
Fort Payne Chert
Stratigraphic range: Viséan
Chertified fossiliferous limestone from the Fort Payne Formation (Kentucky)
Type
Formation
Underlies
Tuscumbia Limestone and Ullin Formation
Overlies
Maccrady Formation and Springville Formation
Lithology
Primary
limestone
Location
Region
Appalachia and Southeastern United States
Country
United States
Extent
Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia
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The Fort Payne Formation, or Fort Payne Chert, is a geologic formation found in the southeastern region of the United States.[1] It is a Mississippian Period cherty limestone, that overlies the Chattanooga Shale (or locally the Maury Formation), and underlies the St. Louis Limestone (lower Tuscumbia Limestone in Alabama). To the north, it grades into the siltstone Borden Formation.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.[2]
Eugene Allen Smith named the Fort Payne Formation for outcrops at Fort Payne, Alabama.
^ abUSGS.gov: Fort Payne Formation
^Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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