Batesville Sandstone (AR*,MO*,OK*, and KS-subsurface?)
Batesville Formation (MO?,OK)
Late Mississippian (Chesterian)*
Named from Batesville, Independence Co., AR (Simonds, 1891).
Arkoma basin*
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