Snowy Range Formation

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Snowy Range Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
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Fossils from the Snowy Range Formation
Type Formation
Location
Region Montana
Country United States

The Snowy Range Formation is a geologic formation in Montana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. It contains characteristic flat pebble conglomerate which sometimes show distinctive red rims [1]

Snowy Range Formation, Red Pebble Conglomerate. Snowy Range Fm.jpg
Snowy Range Formation, Red Pebble Conglomerate.

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References

  1. Myrow, P.M., Tice, L., Archuleta, B., et al., Flat-Pebble Conglomerate: Its Multiple Origin and Relationship to Metre-Scale Depositional Cycles, Sedimentology, 2004, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 973–996.