The Meeteetse Formation is a
Late Cretaceous geologic
formation
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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
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clay. It can form
badlands
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.
[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.]
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific
genus.
[Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.]
See also
*
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
**
List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
Footnotes
References
* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .
Campanian Stage
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