Usage:
Houx Limestone Member of Stephens Forest Formation of Marmaton Group (IA)
Houx Bed of Little Osage Shale Member of Fort Scott Limestone of Marmaton Group (KS)
Houx Limestone Member of Little Osage Formation of /Fort Scott subgroup [informal] of Marmaton Group (MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Fort Scott subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Well exposed at Houx Ranch, in [NE/4] sec. 15, T. 46 N., R. 27 W., Johnson Co., MO (Thompson, 2001, citing Cline, 1941, p. 36).
AAPG geologic province:
Iowa shelf
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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