Meeteetse Formation

Meeteetse Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type	Sedimentary
Underlies	Lance Formation
Overlies	Mesaverde Formation
Thickness	400 m
Lithology
Primary	sand and sandstone
Other	shale and bentonitic clay
Location
Named for	Meeteetse Trail
Region	Rocky Mountains
Extent	Wyoming

The Meeteetse Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation occurring in Wyoming.

The formation is described by W.G. Pierce as gray to white clayey sand, drab sandstone, gray and brown shale, and bentonitic clay. It can form badlands.^[1]

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.^[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Footnotes

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1. ^ Pierce, W.G., 1997, Geologic map of the Cody 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, northwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-2500, scale 1:250000.
2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.