Usage:
Paluxy Formation (AL)
Paluxy Formation of Trinity Group (AR*,MS*,OK*,TX*, and LA*-subsurface)
Paluxy Sand of Trinity Group (OK*,TX*)
Paluxy Formation of Fredericksburg Group (LA-subsurface)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Baum Limestone Member, Georges Creek Member, Lake Merritt Member.
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous (Comanchean Provincial Epoch)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section not designated. Named from town or creek in Hood Co., TX (Hill, 1891).
AAPG geologic province:
South Oklahoma folded belt*
Fort Worth syncline*
Strawn 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 ([ ]).