Usage:
Wayland Shale [unranked] in Cisco Group (TX)
Wayland Shale Member of Graham Formation of Cisco Group (TX*)
[?] Wayland Shale of Graham Group (TX)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Wayland, Stephens Co., TX (Plummer and Moore, 1922).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch*
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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 ( ).
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