Shuttle Meadow Formation

The Shuttle Meadow Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in the Hartford Basin in Connecticut and Massachusetts, USA.[1] Insect fossils of Mormolucoides articulatus and dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation; Coelophysis sp.[2]

Shuttle Meadow Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian
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Talcott Formation over Shuttle Meadow Formation in a quarry (Connecticut)
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofNewark Supergroup
 Meriden Group
UnderliesTalcott Formation
Lithology
PrimaryBlack shale
OtherSiltstone
Location
Coordinates41.4°N 72.7°W / 41.4; -72.7
Approximate paleocoordinates22.1°N 19.5°W / 22.1; -19.5
RegionNew England
Country United States
Extent Connecticut and  Massachusetts
Shuttle Meadow Formation is located in the United States
Shuttle Meadow Formation
Shuttle Meadow Formation (the United States)
Shuttle Meadow Formation is located in Connecticut
Shuttle Meadow Formation
Shuttle Meadow Formation (Connecticut)

See also

References
  1. Olsen, P.E., Schliesche, R.W., Gore, P.J.W. (Editors), 1989, Tectonic, Depositional, and Paleoecological History of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins, Eastern North America Field Trip Guidebook T351. International Geological Congress Field Trip T351. American Geophysical Union, Washington, 174 p.
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography
  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

Further reading
  • P. Huber, N. G. McDonald, and P. E. Olsen. 2003. Early Jurassic insects from the Newark Supergroup, northeastern United States. In P. M. LeTourneau, P. E. Olsen (eds.), The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America, Volume 2: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology 206-223
  • P. M. Galton. 1976. Prosauropod dinosaurs (Reptilia: Saurischia) of North America. Postilla 169:1-98
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