Usage:
/Tebo Formation of /Cabaniss subgroup [informal] of Cherokee Group (MO,OK)
[Tebo Formation preempted by Tebo coal bed; an identical geographic name may not be applied to a stratigraphic unit [Tebo Formation] and its parts [Tebo coal bed] (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). "Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Cabaniss subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Subunits:
Tebo coal bed (informal) (MO).
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Tebo Creek, Henry Co., east-central MO (McQueen, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Chautauqua platform
Cherokee basin
Forest City 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 ([ ]).