Abo Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: middle Wolfcampian to early Leonardian ~ | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Group |
Underlies | Yeso Group |
Overlies | Bursum Formation of the Madera Group[1] |
Thickness | 280 m (920 ft) at type section |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mudstone |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 34°26′13″N 106°23′38″W / 34.437°N 106.394°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Abo Canyon |
Named by | W.T. Lee and G.H. Girty (1909) |
Exposures of Abo Formation in New Mexico |
The Abo Formation is a geologic formation in New Mexico. It contains fossils characteristic of the Cisuralian epoch of the Permian period.