Usage:
Stotler Limestone of Wabaunsee Group (KS*,NE*,OK*)
Stotler Formation of Wabaunsee Group (IA*,MO*,NE*)
Stotler Limestone of Vanoss Group (OK)
Stotler Limestone of /Richardson subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (KS)
Stotler Formation of /Richardson subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Richardson subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Dover Limestone Member (IA*,KS*,MO*,NE*) or Dover Limestone Bed (OK*), Dry Shale Member (IA*,KS*,MO*,NE*,OK*), Grandhaven Limestone Member (IA*,KS*,NE*,OK*).
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in spillway and along south side of pond in SE/4 sec. 18, T. 16 S., R. 12 E., Lyon Co., about 2 mi west of Miller, east-central KS. Named from old Stotler Post Office which was in SW/4 sec. 10, T. 16 S., R. 13 E., east-central KS (Moore and Mudge, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
Nemaha anticline*
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 ([ ]).