Pierson Limestone

Pierson Limestone Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Chouteau Group basal unit of the Osagean Series
Underlies	Reeds Spring Formation and Elsey Formation
Overlies	Northview Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Chert, dolomite
Location
Region	Missouri
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Pearson Creek, Greene County, Missouri
Named by	Weller (1901)

The Pierson Limestone is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri. It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.