Artesia Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Grayburg Formation, Queen Formation, Seven Rivers Formation, Yates Formation, Tansill Formation |
Underlies | Triassic units |
Overlies | San Andres Formation |
Thickness | 139–1,710 feet (42–521 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone, dolomite |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 32°53′35″N 104°00′40″W / 32.893°N 104.011°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Artesia, New Mexico |
Named by | Tait, Motts, and Spitler |
Year defined | 1962 |
The Artesia Group is a group of geologic formations found in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. These preserve fossils from the Leonardian to Guadalupian Epochs of the Permian Period.[1][2]