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Geologic Unit: Cattaraugus

Usage:

Cattaraugus Formation (NY*,PA*)
Cattaraugus Formation of Conewango Group (NY,PA)
Cattaraugus Shale of Conewango Group (NY,PA)


Subunits:

Panama, Pope Hollow, Salamanca, Tunangwant, and Wolf Creek Conglomerate Members (NY)


Geologic age:

Late Devonian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Cattaraugus Co., southwestern NY.


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 ([ ]).