Usage:
Otero Mesa Member of Yeso Formation (NM*)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in S/2 sec. 17, T. 21 S., R. 11 E., Otero Co., NM (Bachman and Hayes, 1958).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).