Usage:
No current usage.
(†Memphis sandstone (TX) replaced with Dozier Sandstone Member of †Peacock Formation [later abandoned]. See Dozier.)
Geologic age:
Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from occurence near town of Memphis, Hall Co., central northern TX (Lloyd and Thompson, 1929).
AAPG geologic province:
Palo Duro basin
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