Usage:
Turquillo Member of Tererro Formation of Arroyo Penasco Group (NM*)
Geologic age:
Middle Mississippian (Visean; Meramecian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 4 mi south of village of Turquillo, on NM Highway 38 and 0.5 mi west on a logging road into a deep canyon, east side of Rincon Range, Mora Co., NM. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from village of Turquillo (Armstrong and Mamet, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
San Luis basin*
Palo Duro basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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