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Geologic Unit: Baum

Usage:

Baum Limestone Member of Paluxy Sand of Trinity Group (OK*)
Baum Limestone Member of Antlers Sand of Trinity Group (OK)
Baum Limestone Member of Antlers Formation of Trinity Group (OK)


Geologic age:

Early Cretaceous*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: hill 1.2 mi east of Baum, in NE/4 SE/4 sec. 36, T. 3 S., R. 3 E., Carter Co., southern OK (Ardmore Geol. Soc., 1938; Wayland, 1954).


AAPG geologic province:

South Oklahoma folded belt*


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 ([ ]).