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Washakie Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lutetian (Bridgerian-Uintan)
~48–42 Ma
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TypeFormation
Sub-unitsAdobe Town & Kinney Rim members
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates41°42′N 109°00′W / 41.7°N 109.0°W / 41.7; -109.0
Approximate paleocoordinates45°36′N 95°06′W / 45.6°N 95.1°W / 45.6; -95.1
RegionColorado & Wyoming
CountryWashakie Formation United States
ExtentSand Wash & Washakie Basins
Washakie Formation is located in the United States
Washakie Formation
Washakie Formation (the United States)
Washakie Formation is located in Wyoming
Washakie Formation
Washakie Formation (Wyoming)

The Washakie Formation is a geologic formation in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. It preserves many mammal, bird, reptile and other fossils dating back to the Lutetian stage of the Eocene within the Paleogene period. The sediments fall in the Bridgerian and Uintan stages of the NALMA classification.[1]

  1. ^ Washakie Formation at Fossilworks.org

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