Usage:
Finis Shale [unranked] in Cisco Group (TX)
Finis Shale Member of Graham Formation of Cisco Group (TX*)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Finis, Jack Co., Brazos River region, central northern TX (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch
Fort Worth syncline
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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