Cuchara Formation
Cuchara Formation | ||
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Ma | ||
Approximate paleocoordinates 42°12′N 89°24′W / 42.2°N 89.4°W | | |
Region | Colorado | |
Country | United States | |
Extent | Raton Basin | |
The Cuchara Formation is a
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]
Mammals
- Ferae
- Perissodactyla
- Placentalia
Wasatchian correlations
Formation | Wasatch | DeBeque | Claron |
Indian Meadows | Pass Peak | Tatman | Willwood | Golden Valley | Coldwater | Allenby | Kamloops | Ootsa Lake | Margaret | Nanjemoy | Hatchetigbee | Tetas de Cabra | Hannold Hill | Coalmont | Cuchara | Galisteo | San Jose | Mangaorapan (NZ)
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Basin | Green River Bighorn |
Piceance |
Colorado Plateau |
Wind River |
Green River |
Bighorn |
Williston | Okanagan |
Princeton | Buck Creek | Nechako | Sverdrup | Potomac | GoM | Laguna Salada | Rio Grande | North Park |
Raton | Galisteo | San Juan | ||
Country | United States | Canada | United States | Mexico | United States | |||||||||||||||||
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Homogalax | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxyaena | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Flora | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Environments | Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Fluvial | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Deltaic-paludal | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Fluvial | |||||||||
Volcanic | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
See also
References
- ^ a b Cuchara Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b c Robinson, 1963
Bibliography
- Robinson, P. 1963. University of Colorado Studies, .. 1;