No current usage.
(†Alma Limestone of Council Grove Group (KS) replaced with Cottonwood Limestone. See Cottonwood.)
early Permian
Named from Alma, Wabaunsee Co., northeastern KS (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
Forest City basin
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