Pierson Limestone

{{Infobox rockunit | name = Pierson Limestone | image = | caption = | type = Formation | age = Mississippian | period = Mississippian | prilithology = Limestone | otherlithology = Chert, dolomite | namedfor = Pierson Creek, Greene County, Missouri | namedby = Stuart Weller (1901)<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 222]</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Weller|first1=S.|title=Correlation of the Kinderhook formations of southwestern Missouri|journal=The Journal of Geology|date=1901|volume=9|issue=2|pages=131, 144–147|doi=10.1086/620889|url=https://zenodo.org/record/2275814}}</ref> | region = Missouri | country = United States | coordinates = | unitof = Chouteau Group basal unit of the Osagean Series | subunits = | underlies = Reeds Spring Formation and Elsey Formation | overlies = Northview Formation | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }} The '''Pierson Limestone''' is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri.<ref name=Thompson/> It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.<ref>Howe, W. B. and J. W. Koenig, ''The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri,'' Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, 1961, pp. 59-60</ref>

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Category:Mississippian Missouri Category:Limestone formations of the United States Category:Chert formations Category:Dolomite formations of the United States