File:Fossiliferous limestone (Harrodsburg Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Rt. 446 roadcut, west of Norman Station, Indiana, USA) 1 (30745365344).jpg

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Fossiliferous limestone from the Mississippian of Indiana, USA. (~16.0 cm across at its widest)

Readily recognizable fossils in this limestone include blastoid heads (~irregularly rounded masses - several have honey-brown calcite spar fills), auloporid corals (whitish branching structure at left), brachiopods, and crinoids.

Stratigraphy: Harrodsburg Limestone, middle Sanders Group, ~mid-Valmeyeran Series, lower Middle Mississippian

Locality: roadcut on the eastern side of Rt. 446 (NE 1/4 of section 14, T6N, R1E, Norman Topographic Quadrangle), just south of Henderson Creek & due west of Norman Stateion & just east of due north of the town of Heltonville, central Pleasant Run Township, northeastern Lawrence County, south-central Indiana, USA
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Author James St. John

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