Usage:
Palo Pinto Formation of Canyon Group (TX)
Palo Pinto Formation of Strawn Group (TX)
Palo Pinto Limestone of [†?]Whitt Group (TX)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in TX: Balsora Limestone [unranked], Boone Creek Member, Hudson Bridge [Bed], Martin Lake Limestone [Bed], Oran Sandstone Member, Posideon Shale Member, Sanders Bridge Limestone [Bed], Wiles Limestone Member, Wynn Limestone Member.
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author (Plummer, 1919).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch
Fort Worth syncline
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 ([ ]).