Meeteetse Formation Explained

Meeteetse Formation
Type:Sedimentary
Age:Late Cretaceous
Period:Late Cretaceous
Prilithology:sand and sandstone
Otherlithology:shale and bentonitic clay
Namedfor:Meeteetse Trail
Region:Rocky Mountains
Underlies:Lance Formation
Overlies:Mesaverde Formation
Thickness:400 m
Extent:Wyoming

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]

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Notes and References

  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.