Category:Green River Formation

English: The Green River Formation is an Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in a series of intermontane lakes.

It is located in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah.
The formation is best known for its exceptional well preserved fossils which make it to one of the most important lagerstätte of the world.
Major oil shale deposits occur in the formation.
It is also the type locality for seven rare evaporite minerals.

Deutsch: Die Green-River-Formation ist eine eozäne Schichtfolge aus den Ablagerungen einer Abfolge intermontaner Seen. Die Formation ist vor allem für ihre außergewöhnlich gute Fossilerhaltung bekannt, die sie zu einer der bedeutendsten Fossillagerstätten der Welt macht. Darüberhinaus ist sie die Typlokalität für sieben seltene Evaporit-Minerale.

Green River Formation

Rock formation

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Instance of

formation

Named after

Green River

Location

Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
United States of America

Has part(s)

Angelo Member
Anvil Points Member
Black Sulphur Tongue
Coughs Creek Tongue
Cow Ridge Member
Douglas Creek Member
Dry Fork Tongue
Evacuation Creek member
Farson Sandstone Member
Flagstaff Member
Fontenelle Tongue
Fossil Butte Member
Garden Gulch Member
Godiva Rim Member
Laney Member
Luman Tongue
Middle Fork Tongue
Parachute Creek Member
Soldier Summit Member
Stewart Gulch Tongue
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Q741367 VIAF ID: 247778671 GND ID: 4303067-1
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Subcategories

This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.

Green River Formation (geology) by member‎ (7 C)
Green River Formation by location‎ (6 C)

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Books about the Green River Formation‎ (1 F)
Green River Formation - geological cross sections‎ (1 F)
Green River Formation - stratigraphic columns‎ (3 F)
Green River Formation maps‎ (2 C, 7 F)
Scientific articles mentioning the Green River Formation‎ (3 C, 55 F)

A

Archiinocellia protomaculata‎ (5 F)

D

Dysagrion packardii‎ (2 F)

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Fossil Butte National Monument‎ (2 C, 85 F)
Fossils from the Green River Formation‎ (8 C, 46 F)

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Green River Formation - stratigraphy‎ (3 C, 5 F)

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Hydrocarbons from the Green River Formation‎ (1 C, 7 F)

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Minerals of Green River Formation‎ (15 F)

P

Piceance Basin‎ (2 C, 47 F)

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Stromatolite-encrusted fossil wood (Green River Formation or Bridger Formation, Eocene; Blue Forest locality, Wyoming)‎ (9 F)

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Westvaco Mine‎ (5 F)

Pages in category "Green River Formation"

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Green River Formation

Media in category "Green River Formation"

The following 55 files are in this category, out of 55 total.

Allophylus flexifolia fossil leaf of the Eocene Epoch from Green River Formation in Utah, USA, by Omar Hoftun.jpg 4,592 × 3,008; 3.2 MB
Amia pattersoni Mittl Eozän Warfield Wyoming USA Ch1340a.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 12.7 MB
Amphiplaga brachyptera.jpg 640 × 480; 82 KB
Archiinocellia protomaculata holotype NMNH-USNM PAL 569865 img1.tif 2,560 × 1,920; 14.09 MB
Archiinocellia protomaculata NMNH-USNM PAL 567587 img1.tif 640 × 480; 753 KB
Archiinocellia protomaculata NMNH-USNM PAL 570146 img1.tif 2,560 × 1,920; 14.09 MB
Archiinocellia protomaculata NMNH-USNM PAL 572556 img1.tif 2,560 × 1,920; 8.95 MB
Archiinocellia protomaculata NMNH-USNM PAL 578230 A img1.tif 2,560 × 1,920; 14.09 MB
Archimyrmex rostratus UCM15174 head.jpg 584 × 808; 159 KB
Archimyrmex rostratus UCM15174 profile.jpg 1,344 × 808; 356 KB
Atractosteus simplex UMNH 02.jpg 1,937 × 1,055; 1.02 MB
Atractosteus simplex UMNH.jpg 3,135 × 1,661; 2.08 MB
Atractosteus simplex.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.71 MB
Bonanza Operations, American Gilsonite Company (Bonanza, Utah, USA) 1.jpg 4,203 × 2,267; 6 MB
BrushyBasin.jpg 640 × 480; 233 KB
Chert nodule (Green River Formation, Eocene; Temple Hill, east of Manti, Utah, USA) 1 (49057798792).jpg 3,329 × 1,814; 3.55 MB
Colorado Oil Shale.jpg 2,951 × 1,782; 3.93 MB
Crocodylia - Borealosuchus wilsoni.jpg 576 × 505; 138 KB
Diplomystus 01.jpg 2,784 × 1,172; 1.16 MB
Diplomystus Dentatus prepared by Fossil Shack from the Green River Formation.jpg 1,000 × 596; 177 KB
Fossil bird footprint (Soldier Summit Fossil Track Horizon, Green River Formation, Middle Eocene; near Soldier Summit, Wasatch County, north-central Utah, USA) 1.jpg 844 × 955; 108 KB
FossilButteNM HaddenhamCabin (cropped).jpg 701 × 437; 128 KB
Green River Fm.jpg 5,729 × 3,794; 17.21 MB
Green River Formation (Eocene; White Mountain, Kanda, Wyoming, USA) (48932076751).jpg 4,288 × 2,676; 7.84 MB
Green River Formation (Middle Eocene; North Barrel Springs Draw, south of Wamsutter, Wyoming, USA) (25427090785).jpg 4,000 × 2,392; 3.4 MB
Green River Formation Gastornis Feather.jpg 600 × 212; 34 KB
Heliobatis radians Green River Formation (cropped).jpg 3,562 × 4,397; 12.45 MB
Knightia alta 01.jpg 1,590 × 885; 1.25 MB
Knightia Fossil Fish (20255016550).jpg 5,678 × 3,791; 2.2 MB
MasillosteusJaneae.jpg 2,335 × 1,345; 867 KB
Mioplasus labracoides.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 234 KB
Mioplosus labracoides.jpg 2,604 × 1,476; 1.02 MB
Oil shale (kerogenite) (Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation, Middle Eocene; near Rifle, Colorado, USA) 1.jpg 803 × 555; 94 KB
Phareodus testis 02.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 255 KB
Phareodus testis.jpg 2,274 × 1,377; 1,016 KB
Priscacara liops.jpg 602 × 394; 102 KB
Priscacara pealei.jpg 1,740 × 1,392; 637 KB
Priscacara serrata 01.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.55 MB
Priscacara serrata UMNH.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 2.71 MB
Priscacara species 01 SR EF 07-02-04.jpg 2,211 × 1,900; 1.42 MB
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855) (14756451151).jpg 3,536 × 2,922; 913 KB
Rhus nigricans (fossil leaf) (Green River Formation, Eocene; Utah, USA) 1 (43464239600).jpg 2,742 × 748; 1.23 MB
Sabalites powelli fossil palm frond & fossil fish (Green River Formation, Lower Eocene; Fossil Lake Basin, southwestern Wyoming, USA) 1 (15528796852).jpg 2,244 × 3,980; 2.48 MB
Shortite - USGS Mineral Specimens 934.jpg 233 × 700; 231 KB
Shortite-199987.jpg 400 × 366; 65 KB
Stingray prepared by R. Lee Craig (Asterotrygon maloneyi) Fossil Shack.jpg 2,426 × 3,648; 2.84 MB
Stromatolite Fossil from Wyoming.jpg 1,523 × 1,317; 417 KB
Temporary and Permanent Bridge, Green River, Citadel Rock in Distance 1869.jpg 2,000 × 1,549; 582 KB
Temporary and permanent bridges and Citadel Rock Green River by Andrew J Russell.jpg 1,208 × 917; 163 KB
Titanomyrma lubei DMNH9041 01.jpg 956 × 808; 720 KB
Transition facies GR (4).jpg 11,480 × 3,620; 25.46 MB
Transition facies GR (7).jpg 6,829 × 3,850; 15.13 MB
Unidentified dicot, Eocene, Green River Formation - Natural History Museum of Utah - DSC07184.JPG 3,240 × 4,320; 4.51 MB
Upper Green River.jpg 10,396 × 3,864; 26.95 MB
Volcanic tuff (bentonite) (ash-fall tuff) (Split Fish Layer, Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation, Lower Eocene; Promised Lands Quarry, Hams Fork Plateau, southwestern Wyoming, USA) 1 (14968718273).jpg 3,516 × 1,428; 1.18 MB

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