Kishenehn Formation

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The Kishenehn Formation is a Paleogene stratigraphic unit in Montana. Fossil amiiforme and teleost fish have been found in outcrops of the formation's Coal Creek Member in Glacier National Park. [1] Mosquitos have also been found in the Coal Creek Member, and have been found to be hematophagous. It is considered a Middle Eocene Lagerstätte. [2]

Footnotes

  1. "Glacier National Park," Hunt, Santucci, and Kenworthy (2006); page 66.
  2. Greenwalt, Dale; Goreva, Yulia; Siljestrom, Sandra; Rose, Tim; Harbach, Ralph (12 November 2013). "Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito". PNAS. 110 (46): 18496–18500. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11018496G. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1310885110 . PMC   3831950 . PMID   24127577.

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