Pg. 7, 9 (stratigraphic column) [section by L.V. Rickard]; Rickard, L.V., 1956, Dissert. Abs., v. 16, no. 1, p. 102. Deansboro member of Coeymans limestone. Coeymans limestone of central New York, overlying Jamesville member of the Manlius, is entirely younger than the Coeymans of eastern New York. Name Deansboro is proposed for this part of the Coeymans. Consists of massive gray or blue coarse-grained limestone, 30 to 60 feet thick, characterized by GYPIDULA COEYMANENSIS, BRACHYPRION VARISTRATA, ATRYPA "RETICULARIS", CAMAROTHOECHIA SEMIPLICATA, LEPTOSTROPHIA PLANULATA, and UNCINULUS MUTABILIS. Contains at least four coral reefs. Underlies Onondaga. The "Bishop Brook" is merely a reappearance of the Deansboro at Manlius beneath the pre-Onondaga unconformity. Present in central New York. Age is Early Devonian.
Type locality and derivation of name not stated.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1058-1059).