Usage:
Wayside Member of Caseyville Formation (IL)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Early
Morrowan
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In N/2 sec. 30, T. 11 S., R. 2 E., Jackson Co., southwestern IL. Named from village of Wayside, a few miles northwest of type exposures (Lamar, 1925).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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