Usage:
Pawnee Limestone of Marmaton Group (IA*,KS*,MO*)
Pawnee Formation of Marmaton Group (IA*,MO*)
Pawnee Limestone Member of Oologah Formation of Marmaton Group (OK*)
Pawnee Limestone Member of Oologah Limestone of Marmaton Group (OK*)
Pawnee Formation of /Appanoose subgroup [informal] of Marmaton Group (MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Appanoose subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Subunits:
FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical): Anna Shale Member (IA,KS*,MO*,OK*), Coal City Limestone Member (MO) or Coal City Member (IA,OK), Laberdie Limestone Member (KS,OK?), Mine Creek Shale Member (IA,KS*,MO*,OK*), Myrick Station Limestone Member (MO) or Myrick Station Member (IA,KS,OK).
MEMBER STATUS (alphabetical): Anna Shale Bed (OK), Myrick Station Bed (OK).
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type exposure: along State Highway 7, slightly north of center sec. 7, T. 27 S., R. 24 E., Bourbon Co., KS (Jewett, 1941).
AAPG geologic province:
Cherokee 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 ([ ]).