Usage:
No current usage.
(†Morrow Creek Member of Green River Formation (WY*) is same as Laney Shale Member. See Laney.)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Morrow Creek, Sweetwater Co., WY (Bradley, 1926).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin*
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