Airport Sandstone Member of Baxter Shale (WY)
Airport Tongue of Baxter Shale (WY*)
Late Cretaceous (Santonian)
Type locality: Rock Springs City Airport, in sec. 30, T. 19 N., R. 103 W., Sweetwater Co., southwestern WY (Smith, 1961).
Green River basin
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