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Geologic Unit: Pryor

Usage:

Pryor Formation of Fredericksburg Group (TX-subsurface)
Pryor Member of Georgetown Formation of Atascosa Group (TX-subsurface)


Geologic age:

Early Cretaceous


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 2,720 to 3,022 ft (well depth), T.P. Cannon No. 1 A. Finley well, northwestern Zavala Co., southern TX (Winter, 1961; 1962).


AAPG geologic province:

Gulf Coast basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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