Hanna Formation
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| name = Hanna Formation
| image = Petrified Wood in Wyoming.jpg
| caption = Petrified wood from the Hanna Formation
| type = Formation
| age = Selandian-Thanetian (Torrejonian-Tiffanian)
~{{fossil range|63|56}}
| period = Thanetian
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| namedfor = High Hanna Hill
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| region = Wyoming
| country = {{USA}}
| coordinates = {{coord|41.8|N|107.0|W|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|47.6|N|86.8|W|display=inline}}
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| extent = Carbon Basin
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| width = 250
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| lat_deg = 41.8
| lon_deg = -107.0
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File:Tilted Rock Layers in Wyoming 1.jpg
The Hanna Formation is a geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Torrejonian to Tiffanian stages of the Paleogene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Hanna&group_formation_member=Hanna Hanna Formation] at Fossilworks.org
See also
References
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Further reading
- C. S. Scott and R. C. Fox. 2005. Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):635-657
- R. Secord. 1998. Paleocene mammalian biostratigraphy of the Carbon Basin, southeastern Wyoming, and age constraints on local phases of tectonism. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):119-154
- J. A. Lillegraven. 1994. Age of upper reaches of Hanna Formation, northern Hanna Basin, south-central Wyoming. Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E (Paläobiologie) 13:203-219
Category:Paleogene geology of Wyoming
Category:Paleontology in Wyoming
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