Usage:
No current usage.
(†Wyoming Formation or †Wyoming Group (CO) abandoned. Replaced with Lykins Formation, Lyons Sandstone, Ingleside Formation, and Fountain Formation. See Lykins, Lyons, Ingleside, and Fountain.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian to Triassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named for widespread development in Wyoming, but application of name in literature has been restricted to eastern CO .
AAPG geologic province:
Denver basin
Eagle 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 ([ ]).