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Map of Midcontinent Pennsylvanian paleogeography (Text-Figure 1)

Stratigraphic classification of Altamont Formation in Missouri (Text-Figure 2a)

Subdivisions in Bandera and Altamont Formations at I-170 (Text-Figure 2b)

Summary interpretation of stratigraphic units (Table 1)

1. Compactional microfaulting in shale below Worland Limestone

3. Various kinds of clasts in conglomerate and limestone unit

5. Undulatory algal fragment limestone in conglomerate and limestone unit

6a. Slab of micritic algal fragment limestone, conglomerate and limestone unit

6b. Close-up of slab of micritic algal fragment limestone, conglomerate and limestone unit

8. Clayey shell hash limestone in water

9a. Slab of clayey shell hash limestone from conglomerate and limestone unit

9b. Close-up of slab of clayey shell hash limestone from conglomerate and limestone unit

12a. Iron oxide layer at base of Mulberry Member

12b. Close-up of iron oxide layer at base of Mulberry Member

15. Pedoturbation in varicolored claystone unit

17. Varicolored claystone-whole section

18. Barry Sutton and Norm King studying the varicolored claystone

19. Detail of impure coal from Mulberry Member

22. Fossils in calcareous shale subunit of Lake Neosho Shale

25. Phosphate nodules impressed into top of coal in Mulberry Member

27. Shale clasts at base of Mulberry Member

29a. Rhizomorphs in yellow and gray portion of varicolored claystone

29b. Close-up of rhizomorphs in yellow and gray portion of varicolored claystone

31. Upper part of varicolored claystone to base of Worland Limestone

37. Rhizomorphs in maroon portion of varicolored claystone

37a. Close-up of rhizomorphs with drab haloes in maroon portion of varicolored claystone

43. Samples showing compactional slickensides

45. Root molds (side view) at top of Worland Limestone

46. Root molds (top of bed) at top of Worland Limestone

47. Rooted limestone subunit of Worland Limestone

49a. Slab of algal limestone from base of Worland Limestone

49a1. Close-up of section A, Worland algal limestone slab

49a2. Larger close-up of section A, Worland algal limestone slab

49b1. Close-up of section B, Worland algal limestone slab

49b2. Larger close-up of section B, Worland algal limestone slab

49c1. Close-up of section C, Worland algal limestone slab

49c2. Larger close-up of section C, Worland algal limestone slab

50. Modern Halimeda from the Bahamas

56. Fusulinids exposed in yellow weathering subunit of Worland Limestone

58. Carbonate marsh on lee side of Great Abaco Island, Bahamas

59. Patch reefs next to San Salvador Island, Bahamas

61. Mud flat and bay, Atlantic coast of Florida

62. Redeposited limestone clasts, San Salvador Island, Bahamas

63. Shell hash beach, Jupiter Island, Florida

66a. Side view of slab with root molds from upper Worland Limestone

66b. Close-up, side view of slab with root molds from upper Worland Limestone

66c. Top view of slab with root molds from upper Worland Limestone

67. Upper contact of algal mound limestone, Worland Limestone

68. Exposure of algal mound and mound flank facies, Worland Limestone

69. Close-up of silicified limestone (tripoli) below karstic passage in Worland Limestone

70a. Slab of algal limestone from conglomerate and limestone unit

70b. Close-up of slab of algal limestone from conglomerate and limestone unit

71. Close-up of algal mound flank facies outcrop, Worland Limestone

74. Labeled subunits in Worland Limestone

75. Punch bowl filled with phosphate nodules from various units at I-170 exposure

79. Pieces of silicified limestone (tripoli) from conglomerate and limestone unit

80. Slab of skeletal micritic limestone from hard gray limestone subunit of Worland Limestone

82. Slab of fusulinid limestone from yellow weathering subunit of Worland Limestone

82a. Close-up of fusulinid limestone slab from Worland Limestone

83a. Slab of algal mound flank facies of Worland Limestone

83b. Close-up 1 of algal mound flank facies slab, Worland Limestone

83c. Close-up 2 of algal mound flank facies slab, Worland Limestone

84a. Brachiopod Linoproductus in yellow weathering subunit of Worland Limestone

84b. Close-up of brachiopod Linoproductus in yellow weathering subunit of Worland Limestone

86a. Slab of bioturbated limestone from hard gray limestone subunit of Worland Limestone

86b. Close-up of lamination and burrow structures in bioturbated limestone slab

86c. Close-up of grain with laminated coating in bioturbated limestone slab

86d. Close-up of Crurithyris showing spiralia within shell in bioturbated limestone slab

87. Echinoid spines and bryozoans in yellow weathering subunit of Worland Limestone

88. Undulatory algal fragment limestone slab from conglomerate and limestone unit

88a. Close-up undulatory algal fragment limestone slab from conglomerate and limestone unit

95. Slab of algal mound limestone from lower Worland Limestone

97. Undulatory base of Mulberry Member, Bandera Formation

98. Coaly laminae in Mulberry Member, Bandera Formation

98a. Labeled units at Mulberry Member exposure, Bandera Formation

99. Variety of lithologies in Mulberry Member

100. Aerial photograph of the I-170 Pennsylvanian exposure in St. Louis, Missouri

101. Maroon and dark gray claystone pebbles in conglomerate and limestone unit

102. Lithoclastic limestone near base of conglomerate and limestone unit

103. Close-up of lithoclastic limestone near base of conglomerate and limestone unit

104. Peds in paleosol at top of varicolored claystone unit

105. Limestone lenses below karstic passages in Worland Limestone altered to tripoli

106. Types of shell hash limestone labeled in conglomerate and limestone unit

107. Close-up of micritic shell hash limestone with chiton, conglomerate and limestone unit

108. Panorama of the I-170 Pennsylvanian exposure in St. Louis, Missouri

109. Fossils weathering in relief on Worland Limestone exposure

110. Cross bedding in calcareous shale subunit of Lake Neosho Shale

111. Traffic on I-170, with Worland Limestone in background

112. Rockfall of Worland Limestone along I-170 in St. Louis, Missouri

113. Rhizocretions of iron oxide near top of varicolored claystone

114. Slab of lithoclastic limestone at base of scour structure in conglomerate and limestone unit

115. Close-up of contact between calcareous shale and blocky claystone, Lake Neosho Shale

116. Microfractures in calcareous shale subunit of Lake Neosho Shale

117. Contact between calcareous shale and blocky claystone subunits in Lake Neosho Shale

118. Algal limestone resting on top of Mulberry Member, Bandera Formation

119. Slab of algal limestone resting on top of Mulberry Member, Bandera Formation

120. Huge clast of micritic algal fragment limestone, conglomerate and limestone unit

121. Claystone boulders in conglomerate and limestone unit

122. Greenish gray claystone in Mulberry Member, Bandera Formation

123. Scour structure labeled. in conglomerate and limestone unit

124. Clay-ironstone concretion in blocky claystone subunit, Lake Neosho Shale

125. Close-up of clay-ironstone concretion in blocky claystone subunit, Lake Neosho Shale

126. Phosphatic shale and bioclastic shale subunits, Lake Neosho Shale

127. Phosphatic shale and adjacent subunits of Lake Neosho Shale

128. Forms of phosphate in Lake Neosho Shale

129. Fossils in bioclastic shale subunit of Lake Neosho Shale

130. Oblique transported phosphate nodule in bioclastic shale subunit of Lake Neosho Shale

131. Lake Neosho Shale grading upward into Worland Limestone

132. Edgewise phosphate nodule on ragged erosion surface in Lake Neosho Shale

133. Shale bed in Worland Limestone

134. Micritic limestone beds lapping onto algal mound facies in Worland Limestone

135. Close-up of algal mound limestone outcrop, Worland Limestone

138. Thin section of algal limestone with sponge. from base of Worland Limestone

139. Edge of algal mound in Worland Limestone

140. Clayey limestone in yellow weathering subunit of Worland Limestone

141. Lower part of Nowata Shale exposed during construction at I-70 and Hwy N in St. Louis

143. Pleasanton sandstone exposed during construction at I-70 and Hwy N in St. Louis

144. Relief at base of Worland Limestone labeled

145a. Slab of lithoclastic limestone from conglomerate and limestone unit

145b. Close-up of slab of lithoclastic limestone from conglomerate and limestone unit

146. Slab from calcareous shale subunit of Lake Neosho Shale

147a. Slab of transition zone from Lake Neosho Shale to Worland Limestone

147b. Close-up of slab of transition zone from Lake Neosho Shale to Worland Limestone

149. Outcrop of Lake Neosho Shale Member of Altamont Formation

149a. Labeled subunits in Lake Neosho Shale

150. Slab of bioclastic limestone lens from base of Mulberry Member

151. Shale squeezed up into karst passage at base of Worland Limestone

152. Hard gray limestone subunit of Worland Limestone

153. Skeletal limestone lenses filling scours within Lake Neosho Shale

154. Thin section of hard gray limestone, Worland Limestone

155. Thin section of yellow-weathering limestone, Worland

156. Thin section of limestone clast, conglomerate and limestone unit

157. Polished slab of phylloid algal limestone

158. The Worland Limestone exposed along I-170 in St. Louis, Missouri

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