Usage:
Byers Island Member of Keyser Limestone (PA*,VA*,WV*)
Geologic age:
late Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not designated. Named from exposures along Susquehanna River, northeast of Selinsgrove, Snyder Co., PA (Head, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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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 ([ ]).