Earth:Skull Creek Shale

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Skull Creek Shale
Stratigraphic range: Albian
around 101–97 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
Primaryshale
Location
RegionNebraska
CountryUnited States

The Skull Creek Shale is a Cretaceous geologic formation in Wyoming as well as Colorado and Nebraska, United States.[1]

The Skull Creek Shale corresponds with the Kiowa Shale.[1]

See also

  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Wyoming
  • Paleontology in Colorado
  • Paleontology in Nebraska
  • Paleontology in Wyoming

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 R.J. Weimer (1984). J.S. Schlee. ed. "Relation of unconformities, tectonics, and sea-level changes, Cretaceous of Western Interior, United States". AAPG Memoir (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) (Memoir 36, Interregional unconformities and hydrocarbon accumulation): 405-414. https://terra.rice.edu/department/faculty/morganj/ESCI536/Readings/Weimer_CretaceousSeaway.pdf. Retrieved April 15, 2022.