Usage:
Taylor Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Devonian, Late*
and/or
Mississippian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along Western Pacific RR in canyon of Indian Creek between Indian Falls and Mocassin, in secs. 34 and 35, T. 26 N., R. 9 E., Crescent Mills 7.5-min quadrangle [Plumas Co., CA] (Harwood, 1992).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province*
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 ([ ]).