Fern Glen Formation

Fern Glen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian Osagean
Type Formation
Underlies Burlington Limestone
Overlies Chouteau Group[1]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Shale, chert[2]
Location
Region East central and southeastern Missouri[2]
Country United States
Type section
Named for Fern Glen resort on the Meramec River
Named by Weller in 1906[1]

The Fern Glen Formation is a geologic formation in eastern and southeastern Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Osagean Series of the Mississippian subperiod.

The Fern Glen is richly fossiliferous with abundant crinoids, corals, brachiopods and bryozoa.[2]

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