Blackjack Creek Formation, Little Osage Formation, Higginsville Formation[1]
Location
Region
Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma
Country
United States
Type section
Named for
Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas[2]
Named by
G. C. Swallow, 1866[3]
The Fort Scott Limestone or Fort Scott Subgroup is a geologic formation in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
^Howe, W. B. and J. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Section in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, 1961, pp. 91-92
^Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, pp 107-8
^Swallow, G. C. (1866). Preliminary report of the geological survey of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: John Speer. p. 25. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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