Elmont Limestone Member of Emporia Limestone of Wabaunsee Group (KS*,OK*)
Elmont Limestone Member of Emporia Formation of Wabaunsee Group (IA,MO*,NE)
Elmont Limestone Member of Emporia Limestone of Vanoss Group (OK)
Elmont Limestone Member of Emporia Limestone of /Nemaha subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (KS)
Elmont Limestone Member of Emporia Formation of /Nemaha subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Nemaha subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
First described from occurrence on hills near Elmont, Shawnee Co., eastern KS (Beede, 1898). [Condra refers to this as type locality.]
Forest City basin*
Chautauqua platform
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