The Moorefield Formation, or Moorefield Shale, is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma that dates to the Meramecian Series of the middle Mississippian. In Arkansas, this formation is generally recognized to have one member, the Ruddell Shale, in the upper Moorefield Formation.

Paleofauna

Bryozoans

A. confertus

A. proutanus

  • Batostomella

B. dubla

B. parvula

Cephalopods

A. alaskense

  • Bactrites

B. caronarius

B. smithianus

E. ornatus

  • Girtyoceras

G. welleri

  • Goniaties
  • Mitorthoceras

See also

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. .