Usage:
Argentine Limestone Member of Wyandotte Limestone of Kansas City Group (KS*,NE*)
Argentine Limestone Member of Wyandotte Formation of Kansas City Group (IA*,MO*)
Argentine Limestone Member of Wyandotte Limestone of /Zarah subgroup [informal] of Kansas City Group (KS)
Argentine Limestone Member of Wyandotte Formation of /Zarah subgroup [informal] of Kansas City Group (MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Zarah subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type exposure: in quarry south of 26th and Metropolitan Ave., Kansas City, KS. Named from Argentine Station, Kansas City, KS (Newell, 1935).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
Iowa shelf*
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 ([ ]).