Usage:
Asuncion Formation (CA)
Asuncion Group (CA)
Subunits:
GROUP STATUS (alphabetical) --all in CA: Cantinas Sandstone, Godfrey Shale.
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in Asuncion Grant, in southeast part of Adelaida quadrangle where there are good exposures of all phases along Santa Rita Creek, Templeton-Cayuocos Road, and road past Asuncion School, south-central CA (Taliaferro, 1944).
AAPG geologic province:
Coastal basins
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