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Geologic Unit: Hogshooter

Usage:

Hogshooter Limestone of Skiatook Group (OK*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in OK: Canville Member, Lost City Member, Stark Shale Member, Winterset Member.


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from Hogshooter Creek, Washington Co., OK (Ohern, 1910).
Type locality: along Hogshooter Creek, T. 26 N., R. 14 E., Washington Co., OK (Oakes, 1940).


AAPG geologic province:

Chautauqua platform*


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 ([ ]).