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Wasatchian
The Wasatchian North American Stage on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 55,400,000 to 50,300,000 years BP lasting . It is usually considered to be within the Eocene, more specifically the Early Eocene. The Wasatchian is preceded by the Clarkforkian and followed by the Bridgerian NALMA stages. Definition The age is named after the Wasatch Formation, a highly fossiliferous stratigraphic unit stretching across six of the United States from Idaho and Montana in the north through Utah and Wyoming to Colorado and New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ... in the south. Substages The Wasatchian is considered to contain the following substages: * Sand ...
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Wasatch Formation
The Wasatch Formation (Tw)Shroba & Scott, 2001, p.3 is an extensive highly fossiliferous geologic formation stretching across several basins in Idaho, Montana Wyoming, Utah and western Colorado.Wasatch Formation
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Willwood Formation
The Willwood Formation is a sedimentary sequence deposited during the late Paleocene to early Eocene, or Clarkforkian, Wasatchian and Bridgerian in the North American land mammal age, NALMA classification.Willwood Formation
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Neasham & Vondra, 1972


Description

It consists of fine grained clastic rocks (mudstone and shale) interbedded with medium grained clastic rocks (sandstone) and sporadic Conglomerate (geology), conglomerates. The formation underlies portions of the Bighorn Basin of Big Horn County, Wyoming, Big Horn, Hot Springs County, Wyoming, Hot Springs, Park County, Wyoming, Park and Washakie County, Wyoming, Washakie counties of Wyoming.


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DeBeque Formation
The DeBeque Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado's Piceance Basin,Bown & Kihm, 1981 preserving fossils which date back to the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene period (Clarkforkian to Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.DeBeque Formation
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Hirsch et al., 1997 Examples of these fossils are held in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.


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Indian Meadows Formation
The Indian Meadows Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.Indian Meadows Formation
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Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:Winterfeld & Conard, 1983Keefer & Troyer, 1964


Mammals

;Primates * '' Absarokius abbotti'' * ''
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Pass Peak Formation
The Pass Peak Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.Pass Peak Formation
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Fossil content

The following fossils have been found in the formation:Dorr Jr., 1978


Mammals

;Artiodactyls * '' Diacodexis sp.'' ;Erinaceomorpha * '' Diacodon celatus'' ;Glires * ''
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Tatman Formation
The Tatman Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.Tatman Formation
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Fossil content

The following fossils have been recovered from the formation:Wing et al., 1995


Flora

* '' Allantoidiopsis erosa'' * '' Cercidiphyllum genetrix'' * ''
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Margaret Formation
The Margaret Formation is a geologic formation of the Eureka Sound Group in the Sverdrup Basin in Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada. The unit belonging to the Eureka Sound Group which crops out at Ellesmere Island preserves fossils dating back to the Early Eocene period, or Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.Margaret Formation
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The Margaret Formation comprises s, sandy

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Golden Valley Formation
The Golden Valley Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Paleocene to Early Eocene age in the Williston Basin of North Dakota.Hickey, 1977 It is present in western North Dakota and was named for the city of Golden Valley by W.E. Benson and W.M. Laird in 1947.Benson, W.E. and Liard, W.M. 1947. Eocene of North Dakota. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 60, pp. 1166–1167. It preserves significant assemblages of fossil plants and vertebrates,Jepsen, G.L. 1963. Eocene vertebrates, coprolites, and plants in the Golden Valley Formation of western North Dakota. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 74, pp. 673–684. as well as mollusk and insect fossils. Stratigraphy The Golden Valley Formation is present as a series of outliers in western North Dakota. It is underlain by the Sentinel Butte Formation and unconformably overlain by the White River Group. It reaches thicknesses of up to and is subdivided into two members: the ''Bear Den Member'' (lower) and the ''C ...
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North American Land Mammal Age
The North American land mammal ages (NALMA) establishes a geologic timescale for North American fauna beginning during the Late Cretaceous and continuing through to the present. These periods are referred to as ages or intervals (or stages when referring to the rock strata of that age) and were established using geographic place names where fossil materials were obtained. System The North American land-mammal-age system was formalized in 1941 as a series of provincial land-mammal ages. The system was the standard for correlations in the terrestrial Cenozoic record of North America and was the source for similar time scales dealing with other continents. The system was revised into a formal chronostratigraphic system. This approach is nominally justified by international stratigraphic codes; it holds that first appearances of individual species in particular sections are the only valid basis for naming and defining the land-mammal ages. The basic unit of measure is the first/last bo ...
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Coldwater Beds
The Coldwater Beds are a geologic formation of the Okanagan Highlands in British Columbia, Canada. They preserve fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period, or Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.Coldwater Beds
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The formation comprises mudstones, shales and s deposited in a

North American Land Mammal Ages
The North American land mammal ages (NALMA) establishes a geologic timescale for North American fauna beginning during the Late Cretaceous and continuing through to the present. These periods are referred to as ages or intervals (or stages when referring to the rock strata of that age) and were established using geographic place names where fossil materials were obtained. System The North American land-mammal-age system was formalized in 1941 as a series of provincial land-mammal ages. The system was the standard for correlations in the terrestrial Cenozoic record of North America and was the source for similar time scales dealing with other continents. The system was revised into a formal chronostratigraphic system. This approach is nominally justified by international stratigraphic codes; it holds that first appearances of individual species in particular sections are the only valid basis for naming and defining the land-mammal ages. The basic unit of measure is the first/last bo ...
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Bridgerian
The Bridgerian North American Stage on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 50,300,000 to 46,200,000 years BP lasting . It is usually considered to overlap the Ypresian and Lutetian within the Eocene epoch. The Bridgerian is preceded by the Wasatchian and followed by the Uintan NALMA stages. Substages The Bridgerian is considered to contain the following substages: *Twinbuttean: Lower boundary source of the base of the Bridgerian (approximate). *Lutetian which is contained within the Middle Eocene sharing the lower boundary. The Lutetian overlaps with New Zealand's Arnold epoch, Dannevirke epoch, Bortonian While also using the international geologic time scale, many nations–especially those with isolated and therefore non-standard prehistories–use their own systems of dividing geologic time into epochs and faunal stages. In New Zealand, these epo ... stage, and H ...
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