Tuscahoma Formation of Wilcox Group (AL*,GA*,MS*)
Tuscahoma Sand of Wilcox Group (AL*)
(alphabetical) --all in AL*,MS*: Bells Landing Member, Greggs Landing Member.
early Tertiary (late Paleocene; Thanetian; Sabinian Provincial Age)*
Named from exposures at Tuscahoma, on Tombigbee River, Choctaw Co., southern AL (Smith, 1888).
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
South Georgia sedimentary province*
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