Marlbrook Marl

Marlbrook Marl
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
TypeFormation
UnderliesSaratoga Formation
OverliesAnnona Chalk
Thickness50 to 220 feet [1]
Location
RegionArkansas
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named byRobert Thomas Hill[2]

The Marlbrook Marl is a geologic formation in Arkansas.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

Paleofauna

Ostracods

  • Alatacythere
A. pondersana[3][4]
  • Amphicytherura
A. dubia[3][4]
  • Bairda[4]
  • Bairdoppilata
B. pondera[4]
  • Brachycythere
B. ledaforma[3][4]
B. ovata[3][4]
B. rhomboidalis[3][4]
  • Bythocypris
B. windhami[3][4]
  • Clithrocytheridea
C. fabaformis[3]
  • Cythereis
C. costatana[4]
C. hannai[4]
  • Cytherella
C. coryelli[4]
C. navarroensis[4]
C. scotti[4]
  • Cytherelloidea
C. austinensis[4]
C. crafti[3][4]
C. greenensis[4]
C. spiralia[3]
C. tollettensis[3]
  • Cytheris
C. communis[3]
C. costatana[3]
C. filicosta[3]
C. pidgeoni[3]
C. tuberculifera[3]
C. verricula[3]
  • Cytheropteron
C. blakei[3]
C. castorensis[4]
C. harrisi[4]
  • Echinocythereis
E. bartoni[3][4]
  • Haplocytheridea
H. bruceclarki[3][4]
H. councilli[4]
H. fabaformis[4]
H. globosa[3]
H. micropunctata[3]
H. monmouthensis[4]
H. plummeri[3][4]
  • Krithe
K. cushmani[3]
K. swaini[4]
  • Loxoconcha
L. fletcheri[3][4]
  • Monoceratina
M. marssonitina[4]
M. montuosa[4]
M. pedata[3]
M. prothroensis[4]
  • Morrowina[3]
  • Neocythere
N. (Neocythere) pseudoconcentrica[4]
  • Orthonotacythere
O. (Orthonotacythere) hannai[3][4]
O. (Orthonotacythere) polita[3][4]
  • Paracypris
P. angusta[4]
P. goodlandensis[4]
  • Pterygocythere
P. saratogana[3][4]
  • Trachyleberis
T. communis[4]
T. pideoni[4]
  • Veenia
V. arachoides[3][4]
V. ozanana[3][4]
  • Xestoleberis
X. opina[4]

Avians

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  2. ^ Hill, R.T. (1888). "Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report for 1888". 2: 72, 84–86. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Collins, Jr., Robert J. (June 1960). Stratigraphy and Ostracoda of the Ozan, Annona, and Marlbrook Formations of southwestern Arkansas (PhD). Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Benson, Richard H.; Tatro, James O. (15 Dec 1964). "Faunal description of Ostracoda of the Marlbrook Marl (Campanian), Arkansas". The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions. Arthropoda, Article 7: 32, 6 pls.
  5. ^ Bell, Alyssa; Irwin, Kelly J.; Davis, Leo Carson (2015). "Hesperornithiform birds from the Late Creaceous (Campanian) of Arkansas, USA". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 118 (3/4): 219–229. doi:10.1660/062.118.0305. JSTOR 24887762. S2CID 83921936 – via JSTOR.
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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