Usage:
Pontotoc Group (OK*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in OK*: Konawa Formation, Vanoss Formation, Stratford Formation.
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Virgilian*
Permian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Pontotoc Co., OK, in western part of which it is typically exposed (Morgan, 1924).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkoma basin*
South Oklahoma folded belt*
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 ([ ]).