Wabaunsee Group
| Wabaunsee Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: (Virgilian stage) | |
| Type | Group |
| Unit of | Virgilian series |
| Sub-units | |
| Underlies | Admire Group |
| Overlies | Shawnee Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Cyclothems of limestone and shale |
| Other | Mudstone, sand, coal |
| Location | |
| Region | Kansas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Wabaunsee County, Kansas |
| Named by | C.S. Prosser |
| Year defined | 1895 |
The Wabaunsee Group is a Late-Carboniferous geologic group in Kansas, extending into Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The unit is recognized in the subsurface by drillers in Colorado as Wabaunsee Formation.
In locations, some upper members are not present due to a series of erosions that occurred in late-Pennsylvanian time.