Conant Limestone Member of Carbondale Formation (IL)
Conant Limestone (KY)
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
In NW/4 NE/4 sec. 34, T. 5 S., R. 4 W., Perry Co., southern IL. Named from village of Conant, about 2 mi east of type locality (Kosanke and others, 1960).
Illinois basin
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