Usage:
Bay View coral bed (informal) of Windom Shale Member of Moscow Formation (NY)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
late Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: abandoned Penn-Dixie Cement Company quarry, 0.2 mi northeast of the junction of Big Tree and Bay View Roads, near Bay View, Buffalo SE 7.5-min quadrangle, Erie Co., NY (Baird and Brett, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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