Florena Shale

Florena Shale
Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian
TypeFormation Member
Unit ofBeattie Limestone
UnderliesMorrill Limestone of the Beattie Limestone formation
OverliesCottonwood Limestone of the Beattie Limestone formation
Lithology
PrimaryShale
Location
Regionmid-continental
CountryUnited States

The Florena Shale is a stratigraphic unit in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.

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