The Salem Formation is a
geologic formation in
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kentucky, and
Missouri. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Mississippian
Mississippian may refer to:
* Mississippian (geology), a subperiod of the Carboniferous period in the geologic timescale, roughly 360 to 325 million years ago
*Mississippian culture, a culture of Native American mound-builders from 900 to 1500 AD ...
subperiod.
See also
*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Illinois
*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Indiana
*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kentucky
*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
References
*
Mississippian Illinois
Geologic formations of Indiana
Geologic formations of Missouri
Carboniferous Kentucky
Carboniferous southern paleotropical deposits
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