Usage:
Caneadea Shale of Canadaway Group (NY)
Caneadea Member of Perrysburg Formation (NY*)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian (Famennian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on Caneadea Creek, below the new power dam (near its mouth) [Caneadea dam], west of town of Caneadea, Angelica 15-min quadrangle, Allegany Co., southwestern NY; notable exposures in gorge (Chadwick, 1933; see Peppers and de Witt, 1951).
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 ([ ]).