Usage:
Taunton Beds of Windom Shale Member of Moscow Formation (NY)
Geologic age:
late Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures in the bed and banks of Taunton Gully, 0.25 mi west of NY Route 36 overpass near Leicester, Leicester 7.5-min quadrangle, Genesee Co., NY. (Baird and Brett, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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