Florena Shale
PeriodAsselian
Age(Gearyan stage)
PrilithologyShale
NamedforFlorena, Kansas (Marshall County)
Regionmid-continental
CountryUnited States
UnitofBeattie Limestone
UnderliesMorrill Limestone of the Beattie Limestone formation
OverliesCottonwood Limestone of the Beattie Limestone formation

The Florena Shale is a stratigraphic unit in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.[1] It preserves fossils dating to the Early Permian period.

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References

  1. ^ Imbrie, John; Laporte, Léo F.; & Merriam, Daniel F. (1964), "Beattie Limestone Facies (Lower Permian) of the Northern Midcontinent", Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas.