DeBeque Formation
DeBeque Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
Type | Formation |
Location | |
Region | Colorado |
Country | United States |
The DeBeque Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado's Piceance Basin,[1] preserving fossils which date back to the Paleogene period.[2] Examples of these fossils are held in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.[3]
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References
- ^ Bown, Thomas M.; Kihm, Allen J. (1981). "Xenicohippus, an Unusual New Hyracotheriine (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Lower Eocene Rocks of Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico". Journal of Paleontology. 55 (1): 257. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1304347.
- ^ Hirsch, Karl F.; Kihm, Allen J.; Zelenitsky, Darla K. (1997). "New Eggshell of Ratite Morphotype with Predation Marks from the Eocene of Colorado". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (2): 360. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010980. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 4523812.
- ^ "Collections". Museum of Natural History. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2019.