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Primary source

Willman, H. B., Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, and Jack A. Simon, 1975, Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 95, 261 p.

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T. C. Buschbach

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Original description

Croixan Series (Winchell, 1873, p. 70; 1900).

Derivation

Named for the St. Croix River in eastern Minnesota.

Other names

The Croixan Series has also been called the Upper Cambrian, the St. Croix, and the St. Croixian Series.

History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section consists of all strata of Cambrian age (about 600 feet) exposed in the St. Croix Valley.

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Stratigraphic relationships

In the St. Croix Valley, Cambrian strata overlie Precambrian rocks, and the uppermost Cambrian formation, the Jordan Sandstone, is overlain by the Oneota Dolomite, the oldest Ordovician formation in that area. The Croixan Series is subdivided into the Dresbachian (oldest), Franconian, and Trempealeauan Stages (fig. Є-3). Information about Cambrian rocks in extreme southern Illinois is scarce and middle, or even lower, Cambrian strata may be present in that part of the Illinois Basin. <center> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- |<gallery caption="" widths=250px heights=250px perrow=4> Figure_C-3.jpg|{{file:Figure_C-3.jpg}} </gallery> |} </center>

Extent and thickness

All Cambrian strata in Illinois are assigned to the Croixan Series. Therefore, the thickness of the Croixan is the same as that for the Cambrian System (1000-3500 feet) (fig. Є-2). <center> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- |<gallery caption="" widths=250px heights=250px perrow=4> Figure_C-2.jpg|{{file:Figure_C-2.jpg}} </gallery> |} </center>

Lithology

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Fossils

The Croixan Series is defined on the basis of its trilobite faunas; it extends from the ''Cedaria'' Zone at the base to the ''Plethopeltis'' Zone (Howell et al., 1944) or the ''Saukia'' Zone (Raasch, 1951) at the top.

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place a <pre><br></pre>at the end of a line to get a line return HOWELL, B. F., et al., 1944, Correlation of the Cambrian formations of North America: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 55, p. 993-1003.<br> RAASCH, G. O., 1951, Revision of Croixan dikelocephalids: Illinois Academy of Science Transactions, v. 44, p. 137-151 ; Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 179.<br> WINCHELL, N. H., 1873, Potsdam Sandstone: Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey 1st Annual Report (1872), p. 68-80.<br>

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