Fencepost limestone
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Fencepost limestone, Post Rock limestone, or Stone Post is a stone bed in the Great Plains, known for its historic use as fencing and construction material in north-central Kansas resulting in a uniqu
Limestone endpost with leaner, an icon of Kansas
The sign for the Kansas Geological Survey is carved from a slab of Fencepost limestone as a monument to the stone's history.
Such Stonepost signs welcome travelers to Post Rock Country communities.
Photographer Robert Benecke seated upon an outcrop of the Fencepost limestone. (1873)
Greenhorn Limestone
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The Greenhorn Limestone or Greenhorn Formation is a geologic formation in the Great Plains Region of the United States, dating to the Cenomanian and Turonian ages of the Late Cretaceous period. The fo
Fencepost limestone
…fencing and construction material in north-central Kansas resulting in a unique cultural expression. The source of this stone is the topmost layer of the Greenhorn Limestone formation. It is a regional marker bed as well as a valued construction material of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Kansas. This stone was very suitable…
The Jetmore Chalk Member of the Greenhorn Formation in Kansas.
Paleoart depicting two large marine predators of the late Cretaceous; Elasmosauridae and Xiphactinus.