Usage:
Pawhuska Formation of Ada Group (OK)
Pawhuska Formation of Shawnee Group (OK*)
Originally called Pawhuski.
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in OK: Deer Creek Limestone Member*, Lecompton Limestone Member*, Little Hominy Member*, Okay Limestone Lentil*, Pearsonia Limestone Member, Plummer Limestone Member*, Topeka Limestone Member, Turkey Run Limestone Member*.
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not synopsized to date.
AAPG geologic province:
Chautauqua platform*
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 ([ ]).