Usage:
Bidwell bed [informal] of /Darien Center submember [informal] of Wanakah Shale Member of Ludlowville Formation (NY)
Considered informal until formally published. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized. [Darien Center submember considered informal until formally published in accord with NACSN (2021). The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Middle Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Notable exposures in Erie Co., western NY.]
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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 ([ ]).