Usage:
Ackerman Formation of Wilcox Group (MS,MO,TN)
(†Ackerman Formation abandoned by the USGS and AL Geol. Survey.)
Geologic age:
Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Typically exhibited in great cut 1 mi east of town of Ackerman, Choctaw Co., northeastern MS (Lowe, 1913).
[Some geologists consider this to be type locality.]
AAPG geologic province:
Black Warrior basin
Upper Mississippi embayment
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).