Carruthers Coal Member of Floris Formation of Cherokee Group (IA)
Middle Pennsylvanian (early Desmoinesian)
Type section: roadcut in NW/4 NW/4 SE/4 sec. 3, T. 73 N., R. 20 W., Lucas Co., IA (Ravn and others, 1984).
Iowa shelf
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