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Geologic Unit: Weno

Usage:

Weno Clay of Washita Group (OK*)
Weno Limestone of Washita Group (TX*)
Weno Formation of Washita Group (LA-subsurface)
Weno Clay Member of Bokchito Formation (OK)
Weno Shale Member of Bokchito Formation (OK)
Weno Member of Georgetown Limestone (TX)


Geologic age:

Early Cretaceous (Comanchean Provincial Epoch)*


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

Named from Weno, Grayson Co., northeastern TX (Hill, 1901).


AAPG geologic province:

Fort Worth syncline*
South Oklahoma folded belt*
Ouachita folded belt*
Strawn basin
Arkla basin*[?]
East Texas 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 ([ ]).