Earth:Meeteetse Formation

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Meeteetse Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Meeteetse Formation (Upper Cretaceous; southeast of Meeteetse, Wyoming, USA) 20 (48911934516).jpg
Meeteetse Formation in Wyoming
TypeSedimentary
UnderliesLance Formation
OverliesMesaverde Formation
Thickness400 m
Lithology
Primarysand and sandstone
Othershale and bentonitic clay
Location
RegionRocky Mountains
ExtentWyoming
Type section
Named forMeeteetse Trail
Meeteetse Formation
Meeteetse Formation, badlands

The Meeteetse Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation occurring in Wyoming.

The formation is described by W.G. Pierce as gray to white clayey sand, drab sandstone, gray and brown shale, and bentonitic clay. It can form badlands.[1]

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[2]

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Footnotes

  1. Pierce, W.G., 1997, Geologic map of the Cody 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, northwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-2500, scale 1:250000.
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.