Usage:
Wamsutter Rim coal bed (informal) of Niland Tongue of Wasatch Formation (WY*)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
early Eocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not designated. Occurs along Wamsutter Rim, Sweetwater Co., WY. Named from Wamsutter Rim (Roehler and Stanton, 1992).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River 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 ([ ]).