Indian Meadows Formation
Appearance
Indian Meadows Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Wasatchian) ~ | |
Type | Formation |
Location | |
Coordinates | 43°12′N 108°12′W / 43.2°N 108.2°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 48°00′N 91°24′W / 48.0°N 91.4°W |
Region | Wyoming |
Country | United States |
Extent | Wind River Basin |
The Indian Meadows Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.[1]
Fossil content
[edit]The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1][2][3]
Mammals
[edit]- Primates
- Artiodactyls
- Cimolesta
- Eutheria
- Ferae
- Glires
- Macroscelidea
- Multituberculata
- Pantodonta
- Perissodactyls
- Placentalia
- Theriiformes
Wasatchian correlations
[edit]Formation | Wasatch | DeBeque | Claron | Indian Meadows | Pass Peak | Tatman | Willwood | Golden Valley | Coldwater | Allenby | Kamloops | Ootsa Lake | Margaret | Nanjemoy | Hatchetigbee | Tetas de Cabra | Hannold Hill | Coalmont | Cuchara | Galisteo | San Jose | Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA) Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ) |
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Basin | Powder River Uinta Piceance Colorado Plateau Wind River Green River Bighorn |
Piceance |
Colorado Plateau |
Wind River |
Green River |
Bighorn |
Williston | Okanagan | Princeton | Buck Creek | Nechako | Sverdrup | Potomac | GoM | Laguna Salada | Rio Grande | North Park | Raton | Galisteo | San Juan | ||
Country | United States | Canada | United States | Mexico | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Copelemur | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coryphodon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Diacodexis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Homogalax | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxyaena | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Paramys | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Primates | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Birds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Reptiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Insects | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Flora | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Environments | Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Fluvial | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Deltaic-paludal | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Fluvial | |||||||||
Volcanic | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Indian Meadows Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Winterfeld & Conard, 1983
- ^ Keefer & Troyer, 1964
Bibliography
[edit]- Winterfeld, G. F.; Conard, J. B. (1983), Laramide tectonics and deposition, Washakie Range and northwestern Wind River Basin, Wyoming, J. D. Lowell and R. Gries (eds.), Rocky Mountain foreland basin and uplifts, pp. 137–148
- Keefer, W. R.; Troyer, M. L. (1964), "Geology of the Shotgun Butte area, Fremont County, Wyoming", United States Geological Survey Bulletin, 1157: 1–123