Usage:
Lingle Limestone (IL*,MO)
Lingle Formation (IL)
Subunits:
Howardton Limestone Member (IL), Tripp Limestone Member (IL), Misenheimer Shale Member (IL), and Walnut Grove Limestone Member (IL)
Geologic age:
late Middle Devonian (Givetian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along branch of Lingle Creek, in SW/4 sec. 26, T. 13 S., R. 2 W., Union Co., IL (Savage, 1920).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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