Northview Formation

{{Infobox rockunit | name = Northview Formation | age = Mississippian | period = Mississippian | image = | imagesize = | caption = | type = Geological formation | prilithology = Shale | otherlithology = Siltstone, argillaceous limestone | unitof = Chouteau Group | subunits = | underlies = Pierson Limestone or Burlington Limestone | overlies = Sedalia Formation or Compton Limestone | thickness = up to {{Convert|80|ft|m}}<ref name=Thompson/> | area = | map = | map_caption =  | location = | coordinates = {{Coord|37|17|56|N|93|00|08|W|display=inline}}<ref name=Lex>Lexicon of geologic names of the United States for 1936-1960, Volume 2 Geologic Survey Bulletin 1200 by Grace C. Keroher (1966) p. 2773</ref> | region = Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks | country = | extent =   | namedfor = Northview in Webster County, southwestern Missouri | namedby = Stuart Weller | year_ts = 1899<ref name=Thompson>[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 43]</ref> | location_ts = Section along old Highway 66 near Northview | coordinates_ts = {{Coord|37|17|56|N|93|00|08|W|display=inline}} | paleocoordinates_ts =  | region_ts = Webster County, southwestern Missouri | country_ts = United States | thickness_ts =  }} The '''Northview Formation''' is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri. Its fauna includes brachiopods and abundant trace fossils of the Mississippian subperiod and Kinderhookian Series.<ref>The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 57-58</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology}} * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri * Paleontology in Missouri

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Category:Mississippian Missouri Category:Shale formations of the United States Category:Limestone formations of the United States Category:Siltstone formations of the United States