Shuttle Meadow Formation

Short description: Geological Formation in Connecticut and Massachusetts

Shuttle Meadow Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian
~201–199 Ma

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Talcott Formation over Shuttle Meadow Formation in a quarry (Connecticut)

Type| Geological formation
Unit of| Newark Supergroup
Meriden Group
Underlies| Talcott Formation
Lithology
Primary| Black shale
Other| Siltstone
Location
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 41°24′N 72°42′W﻿ / ﻿41.4°N 72.7°W﻿ / 41.4; -72.7
Paleocoordinates|  [ ⚑ ] 22°06′N 19°30′W﻿ / ﻿22.1°N 19.5°W﻿ / 22.1; -19.5
Region| New England
Country|  United States
Extent|  Connecticut and  Massachusetts
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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]

## Contents

* 1 See also
* 2 References
* 2.1 Bibliography
* 3 Further reading

## See also

* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
* List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

## 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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