| Age | Ypresian (Wasatchian) ~ |
|---|---|
| Period | Ypresian |
| Region | Wyoming |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 43.2°N 108.2°W |
| Paleocoordinates | 48.0°N 91.4°W |
| Extent | Wind River Basin |
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
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1][2][3]
Mammals
- Primates
- Artiodactyls
- Cimolesta
- Eutheria
- Ferae
- Glires
- Macroscelidea
- Multituberculata
- Pantodonta
- Perissodactyls
- Placentalia
- Theriiformes
Wasatchian correlations
| 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 | ||
| Country | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Volcanic | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Indian Meadows Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Winterfeld & Conard, 1983
- ^ Keefer & Troyer, 1964
Bibliography
- 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