Earth:Shuttle Meadow Formation
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Short description: Geological Formation in Connecticut and Massachusetts
| Shuttle Meadow Formation Stratigraphic range: Hettangian ~201–199 Ma | |
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 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 | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 41°24′N 72°42′W / 41.4°N 72.7°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 22°06′N 19°30′W / 22.1°N 19.5°W |
| Region | New England |
| Country |  United States |
| Extent |  Connecticut and  Massachusetts |
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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
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
References
- ↑ 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
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2
Further reading
- 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
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