Earth:Tatman Formation
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Short description: Geologic formation in Wyoming, United States
Tatman Formation Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Lostcabinian) ~55.8–50 Ma | |
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Location | |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 44°12′N 108°36′W / 44.2°N 108.6°W |
Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 49°00′N 91°30′W / 49.0°N 91.5°W |
Region | Wyoming |
Country | United States |
Extent | Bighorn Basin |
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The Tatman Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.[1]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been recovered from the formation:[1][2]
Flora
- Allantoidiopsis erosa
- Cercidiphyllum genetrix
- Cnemidaria magna
- Dombeya novimundi
- Eugenia americana
- Lygodium kaulfussi
- Platanus wyomingensis
- Platycarya castaneopsis
- Populus meigsii
- Salvinia preauriculata
- Thelypteris iddingsii
- Zingiberopsis isonervosa
- Alnus sp.
- Equisetum sp.
- aff. Typha sp.
- Alismataceae indet.
- Monocotyledoneae indet.
Wasatchian correlations
Basin | Powder River Uinta Piceance Colorado Plateau Wind River Green River Bighorn |
Piceance |
Colorado Plateau |
Wind River |
Green River |
Bighorn |
Williston | Okanagan | Princeton | Buck Creek | Nechako | Sverdrup | Potomac | GoM | Laguna Salada | Rio Grande | North Park | Raton | Galisteo | San Juan | ||
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Country | United States | Canada | United States | Mexico | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Copelemur | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | ||||||||||||||||||
Coryphodon | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | ||||||||||||
Diacodexis | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | |||||||||||||||
Homogalax | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | |||||||||||||||
Oxyaena | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | |||||||||||||||||
Paramys | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | 14px | |||||||||||||
Primates | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | |||||||||||||||
Birds | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | |||||||||||||||||
Reptiles | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | |||||||||||||||
Fish | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | |||||||||||||||
Insects | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | ||||||||||||||||
Flora | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | 10px | |||||||||||||
Environments | Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Fluvial | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Deltaic-paludal | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Fluvial | 8px Wasatchian fauna | ||||||||
Volcanic | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Wyoming
- Paleontology in Wyoming
- Wasatch Formation
- Willwood Formation
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tatman Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Wing et al., 1995
Bibliography
- Wing, S. L.; J. Alroy, and L. J. Hickey. 1995. Plant and mammal diversity in the Paleocene to Early Eocene of the Bighorn Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 115. 117–155.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatman Formation.
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