Usage:
Azotea Tongue of Seven Rivers Formation of Artesia Group (NM*-local)
Geologic age:
Middle Permian (Guadalupian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Caps Azotea Mesa, 12 to 15 mi west of Carlsbad, Guadalupe Mountains area, Eddy Co., southeastern NM. Notable exposures on western part of mesa and in Rocky Arroyo [Bandanna Point 15-min quadrangle, Eddy Co., NM] (Lang, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin*
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