Troublesome Formation

Troublesome Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neogene
TypeFormation
Thickness1000 ft or more
Location
RegionColorado
CountryUnited States

The Troublesome Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. It consists of Pale shades of pink, tan, gray, green, and white interbedded siltstone and mudstone, less abundant arkosic sandstone and conglomerate, and sparse limestone and altered crystal-vitric ash and tuff; generally poorly consolidated. It includes atypical deposits containing abundant pink, granitic cobbles and boulders along the western parts of the outcrop in the west-central and southwestern parts of the Granby Quadrangle, Fossil mammals from three sites indicate a late Oligocene age (Kron, 1988).

See also

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References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  • David A. Schroeder. "United States Geologic Survey".
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Chronostratigraphy of Colorado
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Cenozoic chronostratigraphy of Colorado
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Cz
Q
Pleistocene
  • Alamosa Formation
N
Pliocene
Zanclean
  • Dry Union Formation
  • Ogallala Formation
Miocene
Messinian
Aquitanian
  • Grouse Mountain Basalt
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    Oligocene
    Chattian
    Eocene
    Paleocene
    • Gravel Mountain Formation
    • Independence Mountain Formation
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    Mesozoic chronostratigraphy of Colorado
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    Upper
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    J
    Upper
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    Lower
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    Upper
    Middle
    Anisian
    Lower
    Olenekian
    Induan
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    Paleozoic chronostratigraphy of Colorado
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    Pz
    P
    Lopingian
    Changhsingian
  • Chugwater Formation
  • Lykins Formation
  • Taloga Formation
  • Cisuralian
    Asselian
    C
    Gzhelian
    M
    Tournaisian
  • Williams Canyon Formation
  • D
    Upper
    Famennian
    • Williams Canyon Formation
    O
    Upper
  • Fremont Limestone
  • Viola Formation
  • Middle
    Lower
    Tremadocian
    • Arbuckle Formation
    • Manitou Formation
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    Furongian
    Stage 10
    Paibian
    Series 3
    Guzhangian
    • Reagan Formation
    • Tintic Formation
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    Precambrian chronostratigraphy of Colorado
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    Tonian
    • Tava Formation
    X
    Siderian
  • Owiyukuts Complex

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