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Geologic Unit: Winspear

Usage:

/Winspear submember [informal] of Ledyard Member of Ludlowville Formation (NY)

[Winspear submember considered informal until formally published in accord with NACSN (2021). The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.]


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Alden pyrite interval, Athol Springs limestone bed, Bullis trilobite beds (All Informal).


Geologic age:

Middle Devonian


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

Along Buffalo Creek, upstream from the village of Blossom, Orchard Park 7.5-min quadrangle, Erie Co., west-central NY. Named from Winspear Road (McCollum, 1991).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian 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 ( ).

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