Strawn Formation
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TypeFormation
Area
- Bend Arch
- Fort Worth Syncline
- Llano Uplift
- Permian Basin (North America)
- Strawn Basin
RegionTexas, New Mexico
CountryUnited States
| Strawn Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Pennsylvanian | |
| Type | Formation |
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| Location | |
| Region | Texas, New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | The town of Strawn in Palo Pinto County, Texas |
The Strawn Formation is a geologic formation in Texas and New Mexico. According to Cummins (1891), the formation was named from the town of Strawn in Palo Pinto County, Texas.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
