Union Wash Formation
| Union Wash Formation Stratigraphic range: Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California |
| Country | United States |
The Union Wash Formation is a geologic formation in the Inyo Mountains, east of Lone Pine in Inyo County, California.
It is of the Early Triassic epoch in the Triassic Period, during the Mesozoic Era.
Fossils
It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period.[1] They include Inyoites owenii, from the Meekoceras bed of the formation, and Ammonoids.[2]
The sites are protected within the Southern Inyo Mountains Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.
See also
References
- ↑ "Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range (Triassic of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ammonoids At Union Wash, California". Inyo Coffeecup.
| Triassic Period | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lower/Early Triassic | Middle Triassic | Upper/Late Triassic |
| Induan |Olenekian | Anisian | Ladinian | Carnian | Norian Rhaetian |
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