DeBeque Formation
Geologic formation in Colorado, United States
DeBeque Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Paleocene-Early Eocene (Clarkforkian-Wasatchian) ~56–50 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
![]() Fossil from the DeBeque Formation | |
Type | Formation |
Sub-units | Atwell Gulch Member |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystone |
Location | |
Coordinates | ![]() ![]() DeBeque Formation (the United States) Show map of the United States![]() ![]() DeBeque Formation (Colorado) Show map of Colorado |
The DeBeque Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado's Piceance Basin,[1] preserving fossils which date back to the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene period (Clarkforkian to Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.[2][3] Examples of these fossils are held in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.[4]
Wasatchian correlations
See also
References
- ^ Bown & Kihm, 1981
- ^ DeBeque Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hirsch et al., 1997
- ^ "Collections". Museum of Natural History. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
Bibliography
- Hirsch, Karl F.; Kihm, Allen J.; Zelenitsky, Darla K. (1997), "New Eggshell of Ratite Morphotype with Predation Marks from the Eocene of Colorado", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17 (2): 360, Bibcode:1997JVPal..17..360H, doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010980, ISSN 0272-4634 JSTOR 4523812
- Bown, Thomas M.; Kihm, Allen J. (1981), "Xenicohippus, an Unusual New Hyracotheriine (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Lower Eocene Rocks of Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico", Journal of Paleontology, 55 (1): 257, ISSN 0022-3360 JSTOR 1304347
Further reading
- A. J. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas. 2015. Paleocene-Eocene turtles of the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67:145-152
- A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado
- K. P. Schmidt. 1938. New crocodilians from the upper Paleocene of western Colorado. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6(21):315-321
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