Usage:
Bobcaygeon Formation (PA?,Canada)
(Correlative with Benner Formation (PA*). See also Benner.)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name: (See Canadian Lexicon)
Type section (composite): Nogies Creek roadcut, Little Bob quarry, and No. 36 highway roadcut south of the town of Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada (Liberty, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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