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<h2 id="wasatchian-correlations">Wasatchian correlations</h2> <a href="/facts/Wasatchian/RF1oErhg">Wasatchian</a> correlations in <a href="/facts/North_American_land_mammal_age/B4d6qaIt">North America</a><table><tbody><tr><th>Formation</th><th><a href="/facts/Wasatch_Formation/NGqTU5ru">Wasatch</a></th><th>DeBeque</th><th><a href="/facts/Claron_Formation/lkVjHb02">Claron</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Indian_Meadows_Formation/KNcuGKkM">Indian Meadows</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Pass_Peak_Formation/y2edYW0Y">Pass Peak</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Tatman_Formation/Q8aC070W">Tatman</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Willwood_Formation/9txe24R2">Willwood</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Golden_Valley_Formation/w7zzQYbI">Golden Valley</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Coldwater_Beds/omUDJaJS">Coldwater</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Allenby_Formation/8AowXWFX">Allenby</a></th><th>Kamloops</th><th>Ootsa Lake</th><th><a href="/facts/Margaret_Formation/qbHgbS7u">Margaret</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Nanjemoy_Formation/JKx8MuBU">Nanjemoy</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Hatchetigbee_Bluff_Formation/aEwvIUl3">Hatchetigbee</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Las_Tetas_de_Cabra_Formation/8u86GTBv">Tetas de Cabra</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Hannold_Hill_Formation/TzK6en89">Hannold Hill</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Coalmont_Formation/2G0LIU84">Coalmont</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Cuchara_Formation/sjIpGLPK">Cuchara</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Galisteo_Formation/JWro5w8q">Galisteo</a></th><th><a href="/facts/San_Jose_Formation/JqPSkdW3">San Jose</a></th><th>Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (<a href="/facts/South_American_land_mammal_age/r4LRYelg">SALMA</a>)<a href="/facts/Bumbanian/SNhDUHeG">Bumbanian</a> (<a href="/facts/Asian_land_mammal_age/mSu67Gde">ALMA</a>) • <a href="/facts/Mangaorapan/ycr8K7ez">Mangaorapan</a> (NZ)</th></tr><tr><th>Basin</th><th><a href="/facts/Powder_River_Basin/lc5SLPh0">Powder River</a><a href="/facts/Uinta_Basin/J8yu0a64">Uinta</a><a href="/facts/Piceance_Basin/eFDIwA6S">Piceance</a><a href="/facts/Colorado_Plateau/enUuFcL5">Colorado Plateau</a><a href="/facts/Wind_River_Basin/9pJ4fxMl">Wind River</a><a href="/facts/Green_River_Basin/Vj1RgGFX">Green River</a><a href="/facts/Bighorn_Basin/gvTKxYoS">Bighorn</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Piceance_Basin/eFDIwA6S">Piceance</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Colorado_Plateau/enUuFcL5">Colorado Plateau</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Wind_River_Basin/9pJ4fxMl">Wind River</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Green_River_Basin/Vj1RgGFX">Green River</a></th><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Bighorn_Basin/gvTKxYoS">Bighorn</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Williston_Basin/m45w9gE9">Williston</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Okanagan_Highlands/T1wnJwa8">Okanagan</a></th><th>Princeton</th><th>Buck Creek</th><th>Nechako</th><th>Sverdrup</th><th>Potomac</th><th>GoM</th><th>Laguna Salada</th><th><a href="/facts/Rio_Grande_rift/fxNCItmb">Rio Grande</a></th><th><a href="/facts/North_Park_Basin/h2CMgydn">North Park</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Raton_Basin/t04Kj1Kt">Raton</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Galisteo_Basin/leUKxLeQ">Galisteo</a></th><th><a href="/facts/San_Juan_Basin/tmzXY3P6">San Juan</a></th><th rowspan="14"><a href="/facts/Coldwater_Beds/omUDJaJS"></a><a href="/facts/Margaret_Formation/qbHgbS7u"></a><a href="/facts/Galisteo_Formation/JWro5w8q"></a><a href="/facts/Tatman_Formation/Q8aC070W"></a><a href="/facts/Willwood_Formation/9txe24R2"></a><a href="/facts/Golden_Valley_Formation/w7zzQYbI"></a><a href="/facts/Nanjemoy_Formation/JKx8MuBU"></a><a href="/facts/Las_Tetas_de_Cabra_Formation/8u86GTBv"></a><a href="/facts/Coalmont_Formation/2G0LIU84"></a><a href="/facts/Allenby_Formation/8AowXWFX"></a><a href="/facts/DeBeque_Formation/cYldYAz6"></a><a href="/facts/Claron_Formation/lkVjHb02"></a><a href="/facts/Indian_Meadows_Formation/KNcuGKkM"></a><a href="/facts/Pass_Peak_Formation/y2edYW0Y"></a><a href="/facts/Hatchetigbee_Bluff_Formation/aEwvIUl3"></a><a href="/facts/Hannold_Hill_Formation/TzK6en89"></a><a href="/facts/Cuchara_Formation/sjIpGLPK"></a><a href="/facts/San_Jose_Formation/JqPSkdW3"></a><a href="/facts/Wasatch_Formation/NGqTU5ru"></a>DeBeque Formation (North America)</th></tr><tr><th>Country</th><th colspan="8"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th><th colspan="5"> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></th><th colspan="2"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th><th> <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a></th><th colspan="5"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Copelemur/rynfPccN">Copelemur</a></i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Coryphodon/IaQfhTV8">Coryphodon</a></i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Diacodexis/BmQTzRVy">Diacodexis</a></i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Homogalax/aN86T7BV">Homogalax</a></i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Oxyaena/HD3U6h11">Oxyaena</a></i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Paramys/RDGLE60d">Paramys</a></i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Primate/Hl8RNE2X">Primates</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bird/RJF6zwLP">Birds</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Reptile/04n1uKf1">Reptiles</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fish/fln4gH9V">Fish</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Insect/IgDNvnUL">Insects</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Flora/2xkcTn2d">Flora</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Depositional_environment/D9msL28T">Environments</a></th><th>Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine</th><th>Fluvial</th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>Fluvial</th><th>Fluvio-lacustrine</th><th>Fluvial</th><th colspan="2">Lacustrine</th><th colspan="2">Fluvio-lacustrine</th><th>Deltaic-paludal</th><th colspan="2">Shallow marine</th><th>Fluvial</th><th>Shallow marine</th><th>Fluvial</th><th></th><th colspan="2">Fluvial</th><th rowspan="2"> Wasatchian volcanoclastics Wasatchian fauna Wasatchian flora</th></tr><tr><th>Volcanic</th><th>Yes</th><th colspan="7">No</th><th>Yes</th><th>No</th><th>Yes</th><th>No</th><th>Yes</th><th colspan="6">No</th><th>Yes</th><th>No</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Colorado/80s4Nt0n">List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Paleontology_in_Colorado/udo9Ggvm">Paleontology in Colorado</a></li></ul> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <ul><li>Hirsch, Karl F.; Kihm, Allen J.; Zelenitsky, Darla K. (1997), "New Eggshell of Ratite Morphotype with Predation Marks from the Eocene of Colorado", <i><a href="/facts/Journal_of_Vertebrate_Paleontology/PcHQyxzD">Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology</a></i>, 17 (2): 360, <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997JVPal..17..360H">1997JVPal..17..360H</a>, <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02724634.1997.10010980">10.1080/02724634.1997.10010980</a>, <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0272-4634">0272-4634</a> <a href="/facts/JSTOR_(identifier)/YTeVmaJ7">JSTOR</a> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4523812">4523812 </a></li> <li>Bown, Thomas M.; Kihm, Allen J. (1981), "<i>Xenicohippus</i>, an Unusual New Hyracotheriine (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Lower Eocene Rocks of Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico", <i><a href="/facts/Journal_of_Paleontology/gThrK2wN">Journal of Paleontology</a></i>, 55 (1): 257, <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0022-3360">0022-3360</a> <a href="/facts/JSTOR_(identifier)/YTeVmaJ7">JSTOR</a> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1304347">1304347</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>A. J. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas. 2015. Paleocene-Eocene turtles of the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67:145-152</li> <li>A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado</li> <li>K. P. Schmidt. 1938. New crocodilians from the upper Paleocene of western Colorado. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6(21):315-321</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Bown & Kihm, 1981 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>DeBeque Formation at Fossilworks.org <a href="https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?formation=DeBeque&member=NULL_OR_EMPTY" target="_blank">https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?formation=DeBeque&member=NULL_OR_EMPTY</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Hirsch et al., 1997 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Collections". Museum of Natural History. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2019. <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/paleontology/vertebrates-ichnofossils/collections" target="_blank">https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/paleontology/vertebrates-ichnofossils/collections</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>