Honaker Trail Formation of the Hermosa Formation[2]
Thickness
350 to 800 feet (110 to 240 m)[1]
Lithology
Primary
Shale
Location
Country
United States
Type section
Named for
Halgaito Spring, southwest of Medicine Hat, Navajo Co., AZ (Baker and Reeside, 1929)[3]
Named by
Baker and Reeside, 1929[3]
The Halgaito Formation is the basal Permian geologic member of the Cutler Group in southern Utah.[3] The member consists of silty sandstone, siltstone and limestone.[1] The Elephant Canyon may grade into the Halgaito and grades northward into the Cedar Mesa Formation.[4]
^ abcCondon, Steven M. (1992). Zech, Robert S. (ed.). "Geologic framework of pre-Cretaceous rocks in the Southern Ute Indian Reservation and adjacent areas, southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper (1505-A, Geology and mineral resources of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation): A1–A56. doi:10.3133/pp1505A. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^Scott, Kim M.; Sumida, Stuart S. (8 November 2004). "Permo-Carboniferous Vertebrate Fossils from the Halgaito Formation, Cutler Group, Southeastern Utah". Denver Annual Meeting. Geological Society of America. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ abcBaker, A.A.; Reeside, J.B. Jr. (1929). "Correlation of the Permian of southern Utah, northern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado". American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 13 (11): 1413–1448.
^Condon, Steven M. (1997). "Geology of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Cutler Group and Permian Kaibab Limestone in the Paradox Basin, Southeastern Utah and Southwestern Colorado" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper (2000–P, Evolution of sedimentary basins—Paradox Basin): A1–A56. doi:10.3133/b00P. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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2018). "A multitaxic bonebed near the Carboniferous–Permian boundary (HalgaitoFormation, Cutler Group) in Valley of the Gods, Utah, USA: Vertebrate paleontology...
to the HalgaitoFormation. In the Chama Basin of New Mexico, the Cutler Group has been divided into two formations: Arroyo del Agua Formation — younger...
several formations: The HalgaitoFormation consists of alternating marginal marine and fluvial sediments, and it conformably overlies the Rico Formation. The...
group, coming from the Gzhelian stage. It lived in what is now the HalgaitoFormation within the larger Cutler group located in the U.S state of Utah. According...
Upper Carboniferous Araeoscelidian (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the HalgaitoFormation, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA". Annals of Carnegie Museum...
The Honaker Trail Formation is a geologic formation in Utah. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. It is a member of the 3-member...
the Halgaito Shale. Coastal lowlands returned to the area after the sea regressed (retreated), forming the Elephant Canyon Formation. These formations can...
represent early terrestrial fungi are described from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (China) by Gan et al. (2021). A Rhynie chert fossil Mycokidstonia sphaerialoides...
Sandstone; and again overlies thinner units of the Elephant Canyon and HalgaitoFormations. The White Rim is eponymous, as the sandstone is named for its prominent...
kilometers (78 mi). The sandstone is assigned to the Cutler Formation, and overlies the Halgaito Member and in turn is overlain by the Organ Rock Member....
advancing sea laid down the Halgaito Shale. Coastal lowlands later returned to the area, forming the Elephant Canyon Formation. Large alluvial fans filled...
Carluke, and Edinburgh. Three additional species from the Carboniferous formation of Ohio were described by John Strong Newberry, but two of them were junior...
ISSN 0097-4463. Vaughn, Peter Paul (1962). "Vertebrates from the Halgaito Tongue of the Cutler Formation, Permian of San Juan County, Utah". Journal of Paleontology...
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