Usage:
Buffalo Sandstone Member of Conemaugh Formation (MD*,PA*,WV*)
Buffalo Shale Member of Conemaugh Formation (PA)
Buffalo Sandstone Member of Glenshaw Formation (WV)
Buffalo sandstone (informal, unranked) in Conemaugh Group (OH)
For informal, unranked usage, the lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Twp., Butler Co., PA (White, 1878).
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 ([ ]).