Usage:
Pokeberry Limestone Member of Shelburn Formation of McLeansboro Group (IL-recognized locally in type area)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: outcrops about 1 mi east of Pokeberry School, in NW/4 sec. 26, T. 2 N., R. 1 W., Beardstown 15-min quadrangle, Schuyler Co., central western IL (Wanless, 1956).
Named from exposures near Pokeberry School, northeast of Rushville, Schuyler Co., central western IL (Wanless, 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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