Indian_Meadows_Formation
Indian Meadows Formation
Geologic formation in Wyoming, United States
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]
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| Indian Meadows Formation | |
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| Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Wasatchian) ~55–50 Ma | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 43.2°N 108.2°W / 43.2; -108.2 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 48.0°N 91.4°W / 48.0; -91.4 |
| Region |  Wyoming |
| Country |  United States |
| Extent | Wind River Basin |
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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1][2][3]
Mammals
- Primates
- Absarokius abbotti
- Cantius sp.
- Artiodactyls
- Cimolesta
- Esthonyx sp.
- Eutheria
- Ferae
- Glires
- Macroscelidea
- Haplomylus speirianus
- Multituberculata
- Pantodonta
- Perissodactyls
- Homogalax protapirinus
- Homogalax sp.
- Equidae indet.
- Placentalia
- Theriiformes
More information Formation, Wasatch ...
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Environments | Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Fluvial | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Deltaic-paludal | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Fluvial |  Wasatchian volcanoclastics Wasatchian fauna Wasatchian flora | ||||||||
| Volcanic | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||||||||
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- Winterfeld & Conard, 1983
- Keefer & Troyer, 1964
Bibliography
- Winterfeld, G. F., and J. B. Conard. 1983. Laramide tectonics and deposition, Washakie Range and northwestern Wind River Basin, Wyoming, 137–148. J. D. Lowell and R. Gries (eds.), Rocky Mountain foreland basin and uplifts.
- Keefer, W. R., and M. L. Troyer. 1964. Geology of the Shotgun Butte area, Fremont County, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1157. 1–123. .