Usage:
Dantzler Formation (AL*,LA*,MS*)
Geologic age:
early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian; Comanchean Provincial Epoch)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 8,905 to 9,910 ft, Humble Oil and Refining Company B-1 Dantzler well, Jackson Co., MS (Hazzard and others, [1947]).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
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