Geologic Unit: Little Elm

Usage:

Little Elm Tongue of Templeton Member of Woodbine Formation (TX-recognized locally in Dallas Co.)

Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous

Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: along shores of Garza-Little Elm Reservoir near settlement of Little Elm where highway crosses drowned arm of Little Elm Creek, northeastern TX (Norton, 1965).
Alternate type localities: Timber Creek, on highway south Lewisville; Prairie Creek, at cemetery in northeastern edge of Lewisville (Norton, 1965).

AAPG geologic province:

Ouachita folded belt