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Union Wash Formation

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Union Wash Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Triassic
TypeFormation
Location
RegionInyo Mountains, Inyo County, California
CountryUnited States

The Union Wash Formation is a geologic formation in the Inyo Mountains, east of Lone Pine in Inyo County, California.

It is of the Early Triassic epoch in the Triassic Period, during the Mesozoic Era.

Fossils

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It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period.[1] They include Inyoites owenii, from the Meekoceras bed of the formation, and Ammonoids.[citation needed]

The sites are protected within the Southern Inyo Mountains Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range (Triassic of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.