title: Whitewater Formation
text: # Whitewater Formation
  
  The Whitewater Formation is a geologic formation in Ohio and Indiana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
  
  ## Type Section
  
  The Whitewater was first named by J. M. Nickles in 1903. He described exposures of limestone and interbedded calcareous shale along the Whitewater River at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
  
  ## Fossils of Richmond South outcrop
  
  An excellent exposure of the Whitewater Formation is a roadcut located on Route 27 south of Richmond, Indiana, at 39.7877 N, -84.9014 W.
  
  * Fossiliferous slab
  * Rugosa corals
  * Bryozoa
  * Small brachiopod
  * Another brachiopod
  * Bivalve
  