Hords Creek Limestone Member of Admiral Formation of Wichita Group (TX*)
Hords Creek Limestone [unranked] in Admiral Formation of Albany Group (TX-notably south of Wichita River)
Spelled Hordes Creek in early reports.
early Permian (Asselian and Sakmarian; Wolfcampian)*
Named from Hords (Hordes) Creek, Coleman Co., Colorado River region, central TX (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
Bend arch*
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