Shuttle Meadow Formation
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| Shuttle Meadow Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Hettangian ~ | |
| File:Ct farmington quarry.jpg Talcott Formation over Shuttle Meadow Formation in a quarry (Connecticut) | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Newark Supergroup Meriden Group |
| Underlies | Talcott Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Black shale |
| Other | Siltstone |
| Location | |
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| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | New England |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | Connecticut and Massachusetts |
Shuttle Meadow Formation (the United States) Shuttle Meadow Formation (Connecticut) | |
The Shuttle Meadow Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in the Hartford Basin in Connecticut and Massachusetts, USA.[1] Insect fossils of Mormolucoides articulatus and dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation; Coelophysis sp.[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Olsen, P.E., Schliesche, R.W., Gore, P.J.W. (Editors), 1989, Tectonic, Depositional, and Paleoecological History of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins, Eastern North America Field Trip Guidebook T351. International Geological Congress Field Trip T351. American Geophysical Union, Washington, 174 p.
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Bibliography
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- P. Huber, N. G. McDonald, and P. E. Olsen. 2003. Early Jurassic insects from the Newark Supergroup, northeastern United States. In P. M. LeTourneau, P. E. Olsen (eds.), The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America, Volume 2: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology 206-223
- P. M. Galton. 1976. Prosauropod dinosaurs (Reptilia: Saurischia) of North America. Postilla 169:1-98