Hannold Hill Formation Explained

Hannold Hill Formation
Period:	Ypresian
Age:	Wasatchian
Type:	Geological formation
Namedfor:	Hannold Hill
Region:	Texas
Coordinates:	29.4°N -103.1°W
Paleocoordinates:	33.7°N -89°W
Unitof:	Tornillo Group

The Hannold Hill Formation is an Early Eocene (Wasatchian) geologic unit in the western United States.^[1] It preserves the fossilized remains of the ray Myliobatis and gar.

Fossil content

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

Glires

• Paramys excavatus

Pantodonta

• Caenolambda jepseni^[2]
• Coryphodon armatus
• Coryphodon sp.^[3]

Perissodactyla

• Hyracotherium vasacciense
• Minippus index^[4]

Placentalia

• Hyopsodus cf. wortmani^[2]
• Hyopsodus sp.^[4]
• Phenacodus sp.^[4]

Primates

• Phenacolemurinae indet.^[4]

Wasatchian correlations

Wasatchian correlations in North America

Formation																	Hannold Hill					Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA) Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ)
Basin		Piceance	Colorado Plateau	Wind River	Green River																	align=center rowspan=14
Copelemur	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Coryphodon	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Diacodexis	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Homogalax	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Oxyaena	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Paramys	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Primates	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Birds	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Reptiles	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Insects	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	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

References

Bibliography

• Hunt, ReBecca K., Vincent L. Santucci and Jason Kenworthy. 2006. "A preliminary inventory of fossil fish from National Park Service units." in S.G. Lucas, J.A. Spielmann, P.M. Hester, J.P. Kenworthy, and V.L. Santucci (ed.s), Fossils from Federal Lands. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 34, pp. 63–69
  • • J. A. Schiebout and Et al. 1987. Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Paleocene-Eocene Transition Rocks of Big Bend National Park, Texas . Journal of Geology 95
• J. A. Wilson. 1967. Early Tertiary mammals. In R. A. Maxwell, J. T. Lonsdale, R. T. Hazzard, & J. A. Wilson (eds.), Geology of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. The University of Texas Publication 6711:157-169

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Big%20Bend&formation=Hannold%20Hill&group_formation_member=Hannold%20Hill Hannold Hill Formation
2. Lucas, 1998
3. Wilson, 1967
4. Alroy, 2002