Usage:
No current usage.
(†Sarasota Member of Hawthorn Formation (FL) or †Sarasota Formation of Tamiami Group (FL) considered abandoned. Sediments incl. in Pinecrest Beds. See Pinecrest.)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Pliocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: basal bed (Unit 11 of Petuch, 1982) of the APAC pit mine (formerly the Macasphalt and Warren Brothers pits), Newburn Road, Sarasota, Sarasota Co., FL (Petuch, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform
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