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  • Usage in publication:
    • Miami Bend Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Cooper, G.A., and Phelan, Thomas, 1966, STRINGOCEPHALUS in the Devonian of Indiana: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v. 151, no. 1, 21 p.


Summary:

Name Miami Bend applied to a light-gray fine-grained STRINGOCEPHALUS-SUBRENSSELANDIA-bearing limestone. Thickness 11 to 15 ft at type section in France Stone Co. quarry, Cass Co., northwestern IN. Underlies Logansport Limestone. Overlies Silurian rocks. Previously included in Logansport. Age is Devonian (Givetian).

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Miami Bend Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Biostratigraphic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Oliver, W.A., Jr., 1997, Ptenophyllids in eastern North America, IN Avlar, H., Poll, K., and Strauch, F., eds., [Contributions to the coral research and museum work; Klemens Oekentorp commemorative volume]: Coral Research Bulletin, v. 5, p. 203-209.


Summary:

Miami Bend Formation used following usage of Cooper and Phelan (1966). Includes specimens of lower Givetian coral AUSTRALOPHYLLUM sp. and cf. PSYDRACOPHYLLUM sp. collected near Logansport, IN.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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