Kansas City is a Late Carboniferous geologic group and formation having various significant alternating beds of limestone and shale known for forming high bluffs in Missouri, Kansas, and neighboring states. This formation was named for the bluffs within Kansas City, Missouri.[3] Primary group outcrops are in northwest Missouri. This group has been a historic oil producing unit within the state of Kansas.[4]

Kansas City Group/Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian
Fossils from the Iola Formation, Kansas City Group
TypeGroup/Formation
Unit ofMissourian Stage
Sub-unitsKansas Classification:[1]
Bonner Springs Shale
Wyandotte Limestone
Lane Shale
Iola Limestone
Chanute Shale (sandy)
Drum Limestone (cherty)
Cherryvale Shale (cherty)
Dennis Limestone (cherty)
Galesburg Shale (sandy)
Swope Limestone
Ladore Shale
Hertha Limestone
UnderliesLansing Group
OverliesPleasanton Group
Lithology
PrimaryCherty limestone, shale, sandstone
Othercoal
Location
RegionMidcontinent Seaway
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forKansas City, Missouri
Named byJ. A. Gallager [2]
Year defined1898

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  1. ^ Classification of Rocks in Kansas (Kansas Stratigraphic Chart), Kansas Geological Survey, 2018, retrieved 2023-11-22
  2. ^ Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States: (including Alaska). United States Department of the Interior. 1938. p. 1070. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  3. ^ "Geologic Unit: Kansas City". National Geologic Database. Geolex — Unit Summary. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  4. ^ D.L. Baars, W. Lynn Watney, Don W. Steeples, and Erling A. Brostuen (1993). "Petroleum: a primer for Kansas". Educational Series (7): 9. Retrieved 2023-10-24.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)