Boggy Formation

The Boggy Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

Boggy Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian
Type	Formation
Overlies	Savanna Formation
Location
Region	Arkansas, Oklahoma
Country	United States
Type section
Named by	J.A. Taff[1]

Paleontology

• Amithorthoceras

A. unicamera^[2]

• Arkbuckleoceras

A. tricamerae^[2]

• Bitaunioceras

B. buckhornense^[2]

• Cyrtorthoracoceras?^[2]
• Dolorthoceras

D. boggyense^[2]

• Pseudorthoceras

P. knoxense^[2]

• Sueroceras

S. oklahomense^[2]

• Sulphurnites

S. taffi^[2]

• Unklesbayoceras

U. striatulum^[2]

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma
• Paleontology in Arkansas
• Paleontology in Oklahoma

References

1. Taff, J.A. (1899). "Geology of the McAlester-Lehigh coal field, Indian Territory". Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, Part 3, Economic Geology: 438–439.
2. Niko, Shuji; Seuss, Barbara; Mapes, Royal H. (1 January 2018). "Desmoinesian (Middle Pennsylvanian) orthocerid cephalopods from the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstatte in Oklahoma, midcontinent North America". Paleontological Research. 22 (1): 20–36. doi:10.2517/2017PR008. S2CID 135090100. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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