Coordinates: 41°24′N 72°42′W / 41.4°N 72.7°W / 41.4; -72.7

Shuttle Meadow Formation

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Shuttle Meadow Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian
~201–199 Ma
File:Ct farmington quarry.jpg
Talcott Formation over Shuttle Meadow Formation in a quarry (Connecticut)
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofNewark Supergroup
 Meriden Group
UnderliesTalcott Formation
Lithology
PrimaryBlack shale
OtherSiltstone
Location
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RegionNew England
CountryUnited States
ExtentConnecticut 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

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Further reading

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  • 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