Shuttle Meadow Formation

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Shuttle Meadow Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian
~201–199  Ma
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Talcott Formation over Shuttle Meadow Formation in a quarry (Connecticut)
Type Geological formation
Unit of Newark Supergroup
  Meriden Group
Underlies Talcott Formation
Lithology
Primary Black shale
Other Siltstone
Location
Coordinates 41°24′N72°42′W / 41.4°N 72.7°W / 41.4; -72.7
Approximate paleocoordinates 22°06′N19°30′W / 22.1°N 19.5°W / 22.1; -19.5
Region New England
Country United States
Extent Connecticut and Massachusetts
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Shuttle Meadow Formation (the United States)
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Shuttle Meadow Formation (Connecticut)

The Shuttle Meadow Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in the Hartford Basin in Connecticut and Massachusetts, USA. [1] Insect fossils of Mormolucoides articulatus and dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation; Coelophysis sp . [2]

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  1. Olsen, P.E., Schliesche, R.W., Gore, P.J.W. (Editors), 1989, Tectonic, Depositional, and Paleoecological History of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins, Eastern North America Field Trip Guidebook T351. International Geological Congress Field Trip T351. American Geophysical Union, Washington, 174 p.
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

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