Usage:
Atokan Epoch*
Atokan Series*
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Atoka, Atoka Co., eastern OK, which is situated on outcrop of formation (name based on Atoka Formation of Taff and Adams, 1900).
AAPG geologic province:
North America*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).