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Bangor Limestone

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Bangor Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Horncoral from the Bangor Formation.
TypeFormation
Location
RegionAlabama and Mississippi Tennessee
CountryUnited States

The Bangor Limestone is a fossil bearing Mississippian geologic formation in northern Alabama. It is a shallow marine carbonate formation in the Chesterian series.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Haywick, D. W., Kopaska-Merkel, D. C., & Bersch, M. G. (2009). A biodetrital coral mound complex; key to early diagenetic processes in the Mississippian Bangor Limestone. Carbonates and Evaporites, 24(1), 77-92. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF03228058.pdf

Sources

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  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.