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Indian Meadows Formation

Coordinates: 43°12′N 108°12′W / 43.2°N 108.2°W / 43.2; -108.2
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Indian Meadows Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Wasatchian)
~55–50 Ma
TypeFormation
Location
Coordinates43°12′N 108°12′W / 43.2°N 108.2°W / 43.2; -108.2
Approximate paleocoordinates48°00′N 91°24′W / 48.0°N 91.4°W / 48.0; -91.4
Region Wyoming
Country United States
ExtentWind River Basin
Indian Meadows Formation is located in the United States
Indian Meadows Formation
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Indian Meadows Formation is located in Wyoming
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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]

Fossil content

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

Mammals

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

Wasatchian correlations

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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




Colorado Plateau





Wind River





Green River






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)
Country  United States  Canada  United States  Mexico  United States
Copelemur
Coryphodon
Diacodexis
Homogalax
Oxyaena
Paramys
Primates
Birds
Reptiles
Fish
Insects
Flora
Environments Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine Fluvial Fluvial Fluvio-lacustrine Fluvial Lacustrine Fluvio-lacustrine Deltaic-paludal Shallow marine Fluvial Shallow marine Fluvial Fluvial
Wasatchian volcanoclastics

Wasatchian fauna

Wasatchian flora
Volcanic Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

See also

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References

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

Bibliography

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  • Winterfeld, G. F.; Conard, J. B. (1983), Laramide tectonics and deposition, Washakie Range and northwestern Wind River Basin, Wyoming, J. D. Lowell and R. Gries (eds.), Rocky Mountain foreland basin and uplifts, pp. 137–148
  • Keefer, W. R.; Troyer, M. L. (1964), "Geology of the Shotgun Butte area, Fremont County, Wyoming", United States Geological Survey Bulletin, 1157: 1–123