Tatman Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Wyoming, United States}}

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| name = Tatman Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Ypresian (Lostcabinian)
~{{fossil range|55.8|50}}

| period = Ypresian

| prilithology = Shale

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| region = Wyoming

| country = {{USA}}

| coordinates = {{coord|44.2|N|108.6|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|49.0|N|91.5|W|display=inline}}

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| extent = Bighorn Basin

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{{Location map~ | United States#Wyoming

| lat_deg = 44.2

| lon_deg = -108.6

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The Tatman Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Tatman&group_formation_member=Tatman Tatman Formation] at Fossilworks.org

Fossil content

The following fossils have been recovered from the formation:Wing et al., 1995

= Flora =

Wasatchian correlations

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|+ Wasatchian correlations in North America

Formation{{big|Wasatch}}DeBequeClaronIndian MeadowsPass PeakTatmanWillwoodGolden ValleyColdwaterAllenbyKamloopsOotsa LakeMargaretNanjemoyHatchetigbeeTetas de CabraHannold HillCoalmontCucharaGalisteoSan JoseYpresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA)
Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ)
BasinPowder River
Uinta
Piceance
Colorado Plateau
Wind River
Green River
Bighorn
Piceance




Colorado Plateau





Wind River





Green River
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Bighorn
WillistonOkanaganPrincetonBuck CreekNechakoSverdrupPotomacGoMLaguna SaladaRio GrandeNorth ParkRatonGalisteoSan Juanalign=center rowspan=14 | {{Location map+ | North America

| relief = 1

| width = 220

| float = center

| places =

{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 50.1

| lon_deg = -120.5

| mark = Pink ff0080 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Coldwater Beds

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 78.7

| lon_deg = -81.9

| mark = Pink ff0080 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Margaret Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 50.8

| lon_deg = -121.1

| mark = Pink ff0080 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Kamloops Group

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 35.4

| lon_deg = -106.0

| mark = Pink ff0080 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Galisteo Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 44.2

| lon_deg = -108.6

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Tatman Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 44.5

| lon_deg = -108.0

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Willwood Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 48.5

| lon_deg = -102.7

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Golden Valley Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 38.8

| lon_deg = -76.7

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Nanjemoy Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 28.7

| lon_deg = -114.1

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Las Tetas de Cabra Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 40.4

| lon_deg = -106.5

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Coalmont Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 49.376667

| lon_deg = -120.546667

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Allenby Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 40.0

| lon_deg = -107.9

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| marksize = 10

| link = DeBeque Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 37.8

| lon_deg = -112.0

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| marksize = 10

| link = Claron Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 43.2

| lon_deg = -108.2

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| marksize = 10

| link = Indian Meadows Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 42.7

| lon_deg = -110.1

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| marksize = 10

| link = Pass Peak Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 31.3

| lon_deg = -86.1

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| marksize = 10

| link = Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 29.4

| lon_deg = -103.1

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| marksize = 10

| link = Hannold Hill Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 37.8

| lon_deg = -105.1

| mark = Orange pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = Cuchara Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 36.5

| lon_deg = -107.1

| mark = Orange pog.svg

| marksize = 10

| link = San Jose Formation

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 54.8

| lon_deg = -127.0

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| marksize = 10

| link = Ootsa Lake Group

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{{Location map~ | North America

| lat_deg = 41.9

| lon_deg = -111.0

| mark = Pink ff0080 pog.svg

| marksize = 12

| link = Wasatch Formation

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See also

References

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= Bibliography =

  • {{citation |last1=Wing |first1=S. L. |first2=J. |last2=Alroy |first3=L. J. |last3=Hickey |year=1995 |title=Plant and mammal diversity in the Paleocene to Early Eocene of the Bighorn Basin |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=115 |issue=1–4 |pages=117–155|doi=10.1016/0031-0182(94)00109-L |bibcode=1995PPP...115..117W |doi-access=free }}

Category:Paleogene geology of Wyoming

Category:Eocene Series of North America

Category:Ypresian Stage

Category:Wasatchian

Category:Shale formations

Category:Fluvial deposits

Category:Paleontology in Wyoming