Cora Member of Clore Formation (IL,KY)
Late Mississippian (Serpukhovian; late Chesterian)*
Type section: exposed in Mississippi Valley bluff at south edge of Degonia Creek Hollow, 0.25 mi north of Cora, in SW/4 SE/4 sec. 16, T. 8 S., R. 5 W., Campbell Hill quadrangle, Jackson Co., IL (Swann, 1963).
Illinois basin
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