Usage:
Otter Creek Sandstone Member of Cloverly Formation (WY)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Otter Creek, in northeast part sec. 7 and northwest part sec. 8, T. 45 N., R. 87 W., Washakie Co., WY (Mirsky, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Bighorn basin
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