Eminence Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Missouri, United States}}

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| type = Formation

| age = Upper Cambrian

| period = Cambrian

| prilithology = Dolomite

| otherlithology = Chert

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| region = Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|37|9|2|N|91|21|27|W|display=inline,title}}

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| underlies = Gunter Sandstone Member of the Gasconade Formation

| overlies = Potosi Formation[http://www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/ogc/docs/RI-073.pdf 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, p 95]

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The Eminence Formation or Eminence Dolomite is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

Paleofauna

=[[Monoplacophora]]=

: B. frizzelli{{cite journal |last1=Stinchcomb |first1=Bruce |last2=Angeli |first2=Nicholas |title=New Cambrian and Lower Ordovician monoplacophorans form the Ozark Uplift, Missouri |journal=Journal of Paleontology |date=2002 |volume=76 |issue=6 |pages=965–974|doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0965:NCALOM>2.0.CO;2 }}

: P. delorensis

See also

References

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  • {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}

Category:Cambrian Missouri

Category:Dolomite formations

Category:Landforms of Shannon County, Missouri

Category:Cambrian southern paleotropical deposits

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