| 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
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See also
References
- 1 2 Indian Meadows Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 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. .
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