Usage:
Bluff bone bed (informal) of Belle Plains Formation of Wichita Group (TX)
Bluff bone bed (informal) of Wichita Group (TX)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Bluff Creek, south of Electra, Wichita Co., central northern TX (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Palo Duro 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 ( ).
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