Indian Meadows Formation

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Indian Meadows Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Wasatchian)
~55–50  Ma
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Type Formation
Location
Coordinates 43°12′N108°12′W / 43.2°N 108.2°W / 43.2; -108.2 Coordinates: 43°12′N108°12′W / 43.2°N 108.2°W / 43.2; -108.2
Approximate paleocoordinates 48°00′N91°24′W / 48.0°N 91.4°W / 48.0; -91.4
RegionFlag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Extent Wind River Basin
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Indian Meadows Formation (the United States)
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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]

Contents

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation: [1] [2] [3]

Mammals

Primates
Artiodactyls
Cimolesta
Eutheria
Ferae
Glires
Macroscelidea
Multituberculata
Pantodonta
Perissodactyls
Placentalia
Theriiformes

Wasatchian correlations

Wasatchian correlations in North America
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)
Basin Powder River
Uinta
Piceance
Colorado Plateau
Wind River
Green River
Bighorn
Piceance




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Bighorn
Williston Okanagan Princeton Buck Creek Nechako Sverdrup Potomac GoM Laguna Salada Rio Grande North Park Raton Galisteo San Juan
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Indian Meadows Formation (North America)
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Primates Brown pog.svg Brown pog.svg Brown pog.svg Brown pog.svg Brown pog.svg Brown pog.svg Brown pog.svg
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Environments Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrineFluvialFluvialFluvio-lacustrineFluvialLacustrineFluvio-lacustrineDeltaic-paludalShallow marineFluvialShallow marineFluvialFluvial
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References

  1. 1 2 Indian Meadows Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Winterfeld & Conard, 1983
  3. Keefer & Troyer, 1964

Bibliography