Turtle Butte Formation Explained

Turtle Butte Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Paleogene
Region:	South Dakota
Country:	United States

The Turtle Butte Formation is a geologic formation at Turtle Butte in South Dakota.^[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Dakota
• Paleontology in South Dakota

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.

Notes and References

1. Book: Luttrell, Gwendolyn Lewise Werth. Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1968-1975. 1981. U.S. Government Printing Office. 318.