Indian Meadows Formation

The Indian Meadows Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.Indian Meadows Formation at Fossilworks.org

Fossil content The following fossils have been reported from the formation:Winterfeld & Conard, 1983Keefer & Troyer, 1964

Mammals Primates Absarokius abbotti Cantius sp. Artiodactyls Diacodexis metsiacus Artiodactyla indet. Cimolesta Esthonyx sp. Eutheria Chriacus gallinae Ferae Didymictis sp. Glires Paramys copei P. excavatus Macroscelidea Haplomylus speirianus Multituberculata Parectypodus lunatus Pantodonta Coryphodon sp. Perissodactyls Homogalax protapirinus Homogalax sp. Equidae indet. Placentalia Hyopsodus loomisi Phenacodus vortmani Ectocion cf. osbornianus Hyopsodus sp. Phenacodus sp. Theriiformes Oxyaenidae indet.

Wasatchian correlations + Wasatchian correlations in North America Formation 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 RiverUintaPiceanceColorado PlateauWind RiverGreen RiverBighorn 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 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 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Wyoming Paleontology in Wyoming

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