DeBeque Formation
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| DeBeque Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Paleocene-Early Eocene (Clarkforkian-Wasatchian) ~ | |
 Fossil from the DeBeque Formation | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Atwell Gulch Member |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Colorado |
| Country | United States |
  DeBeque Formation (the United States)  DeBeque Formation (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
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bown & Kihm, 1981
- ^ DeBeque Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hirsch et al., 1997
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). JSTOR 4523812
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). JSTOR 1304347
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Colorado
- Eocene Series of North America
- Paleocene Series of North America
- Paleogene Colorado
- Thanetian Stage
- Ypresian Stage
- Clarkforkian
- Wasatchian
- Claystone formations
- Fluvial deposits
- Ooliferous formations
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of North America
- Paleontology in Colorado
- Western United States geologic formation stubs
- Colorado stubs
- Paleogene stubs