Usage:
Lincoln Limestone Member of Greenhorn Limestone (CO*,KS*,NM*,OK*,WY*)
Lincoln Limestone Member of Greenhorn Formation (NM*,OK)
Geologic age:
early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Lincoln, Lincoln Co., KS (Logan, 1897).
AAPG geologic province:
Anadarko basin*
Central Kansas uplift*
Denver basin*
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
Salina basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).