Elk Neck beds (informal) of Patapsco Formation (DE,MD)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Elk Neck, southern MD (Wolfe and Pakiser, 1971).
Atlantic Coast basin
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