Mooreville Chalk Formation Stratigraphic range: Upper Cretaceous |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Selma Group |
Sub-units | Arcola Limestone Member |
Underlies | Demopolis Chalk Formation |
Overlies | Eutaw Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Chalk |
Location | |
Region | Alabama, Mississippi |
Country | United States |
The Mooreville Chalk Formation is a geological formation in North America, within the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi. The strata date back to the early Santonian to the early Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The chalk was formed by pelagic sediments deposited along the eastern edge of the Mississippi embayment. It is a unit of the Selma Group and consists of the upper Arcola Limestone Member and an unnamed lower member.Dinosaur, mosasaur, and primitive bird remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the Mooreville Chalk Formation.
C. appendiculata
C. mantelli
E. barberi
E. mirificus
I. williamsae
O. cuspidata
P. hewletti