Word Formation (TX*)
(alphabetical) --all in TX*: Appel Ranch Member, China Tank Member, Vidrio Limestone Member, Willis Ranch Member.
Permian, Early*
Guadalupian, early*
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from development around Word Ranch in the Glass Mountains, Brewster Co., TX (Udden and others, 1916).
Permian basin*
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