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Geologic Unit: Trujillo

Usage:

Trujillo Formation of Dockum Group (NM,TX*)
Trujillo Member of Dockum Formation (TX-recognized locally in Garza and Crosby Cos.)
[?] Trujillo Sandstone of Dockum Group (NM,TX)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late*
Carnian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Named from a creek in Oldham Co., TX (Gould, 1907).


AAPG geologic province:

Anadarko basin*
Palo Duro basin*
Permian basin
Las Vegas-Raton 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 ([ ]).