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Geologic Unit: Wiles

Usage:

Wiles Limestone of Strawn Group (TX)
Wiles Limestone Member of Graford Formation of Canyon Group (TX*)
Wiles Limestone Member of Palo Pinto Formation of Canyon Group (TX)
Wiles Limestone Member of Posideon Formation of Canyon Group (TX)
Wiles Limestone (unranked) in Palo Pinto Formation of Canyon Group (TX)
Wiles Member of Palo Pinto Limestone of [†?]Whitt Group (TX)
[†?]Wiles Limestone of Whitt Group (TX)


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)*


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

Not synopsized to date.


AAPG geologic province:

Fort Worth syncline
Bend arch*


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 ([ ]).