Usage:
Floris Formation of Cherokee Group (IA)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in IA: Carruthers Coal Member, Laddsdale Coal Member.
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: a series of cuts along a north-south road, on east edge of sec. 29, T. 72 N., R. 13 W., Wapello Co., IA (Ravn and others, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Iowa shelf
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