Indian Meadows Formation
| Indian Meadows Formation | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Indian Meadows Formation (the United States) Indian Meadows Formation (Wyoming) | |
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
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
Wasatchian correlations
See also
References
- ^ a b Indian Meadows Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Winterfeld & Conard, 1983
- ^ Keefer & Troyer, 1964
Bibliography
- 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