Pass Peak Formation

The Pass Peak Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.[1]

Pass Peak Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Wasatchian)
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TypeFormation
Location
Coordinates42.7°N 110.1°W / 42.7; -110.1
Approximate paleocoordinates47.7°N 93.5°W / 47.7; -93.5
RegionWyoming
Country United States
ExtentGreen River Basin
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Fossil content

The following fossils have been found in the formation:[1][2]

Mammals

Artiodactyls
Erinaceomorpha
  • Diacodon celatus
Glires
Macroscelidea
Perissodactyla
Placentalia

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. Pass Peak Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Dorr Jr., 1978

Bibliography

  • Dorr, Jr, J. A. 1978. Revised and Amended Fossil Vertebrate Faunal Lists, Early Tertiary, Hoback Basin, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 16. 79–84. .
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