Indian Meadows Formation

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]

Indian Meadows Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Wasatchian)
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TypeFormation
Location
Coordinates43.2°N 108.2°W / 43.2; -108.2
Approximate paleocoordinates48.0°N 91.4°W / 48.0; -91.4
Region Wyoming
Country United States
ExtentWind River Basin
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Fossil content

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

Mammals

Primates
Artiodactyls
Cimolesta
  • Esthonyx sp.
Eutheria
Ferae
Glires
Macroscelidea
  • Haplomylus speirianus
Multituberculata
Pantodonta
Perissodactyls
Placentalia
Theriiformes

Wasatchian correlations

Wasatchian correlations in North America
FormationWasatchDeBequeClaronIndian MeadowsPass PeakTatmanWillwoodGolden ValleyColdwaterAllenbyKamloopsOotsa LakeMargaretNanjemoyHatchetigbeeTetas de CabraHannold HillCoalmontCucharaGalisteoSan JoseYpresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA)
Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ)
BasinPowder River
Uinta
Piceance
Colorado Plateau
Wind River
Green River
Bighorn
Piceance




Colorado Plateau





Wind River





Green River






Bighorn
WillistonOkanaganPrincetonBuck CreekNechakoSverdrupPotomacGoMLaguna SaladaRio GrandeNorth ParkRatonGalisteoSan Juan
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Copelemur
Coryphodon
Diacodexis
Homogalax
Oxyaena
Paramys
Primates
Birds
Reptiles
Fish
Insects
Flora
EnvironmentsAlluvial-fluvio-lacustrineFluvialFluvialFluvio-lacustrineFluvialLacustrineFluvio-lacustrineDeltaic-paludalShallow marineFluvialShallow marineFluvialFluvial
Wasatchian volcanoclastics

Wasatchian fauna

Wasatchian flora
VolcanicYesNoYesNoYesNoYesNoYesNo

See also

References

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

Bibliography

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