Usage:
Medora Member of Tongue River Formation of Fort Union Group (ND)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in NW/4 sec. 26, T. 140 N., R. 102 W., Billings Co., ND (Jacob, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Williston basin
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