Indian Meadows Formation
# Indian Meadows Formation

The Indian Meadows Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.

## Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

### Mammals

**Primates**

* Absarokius abbotti
* Cantius sp.

**Artiodactyls**

* Diacodexis metsiacus
* Artiodactyla indet.

**Cimolesta**

* Esthonyx sp.

**Eutheria**

* Chriacus gallinae

**Ferae**

* Didymictis sp.

**Glires**

* Paramys copei
* P. excavatus

**Macroscelidea**

* Haplomylus speirianus

**Multituberculata**

* Parectypodus lunatus

**Pantodonta**

* Coryphodon sp.

**Perissodactyls**

* Homogalax protapirinus
* Homogalax sp.
* Equidae indet.

**Placentalia**

* Hyopsodus loomisi
* Phenacodus vortmani
* Ectocion cf. osbornianus
* Hyopsodus sp.
* Phenacodus sp.

**Theriiformes**

* Oxyaenidae indet.

## Wasatchian correlations

Wasatchian correlations in North America :

| Formation | Wasatch | DeBeque | Claron | Indian Meadows | Pass Peak | Tatman | Willwood | Golden Valley | Coldwater | Allenby | Kamloops | Ootsa Lake | Margaret | Nanjemoy | Hatchetigbee | Tetas de Cabra | Hannold Hill | Coalmont | Cuchara | Galisteo | San Jose | Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA) Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basin | Powder River Uinta Piceance Colorado Plateau Wind River Green River Bighorn | Piceance | Colorado Plateau | Wind River | Green River | Bighorn | Bighorn | Williston | Okanagan | Princeton | Buck Creek | Nechako | Sverdrup | Potomac | GoM | Laguna Salada | Rio Grande | North Park | Raton | Galisteo | San Juan | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Country | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | Canada | Canada | Canada | Canada | Canada | United States | United States | Mexico | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Copelemur | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Coryphodon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Diacodexis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Homogalax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Oxyaena | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Paramys | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Primates | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Birds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Reptiles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Fish | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Insects | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Flora | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indian Meadows Formation (North America) |
| Environments | Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | | | | Fluvial | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Lacustrine | Lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Deltaic-paludal | Shallow marine | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Shallow marine | Fluvial | | Fluvial | Fluvial | Wasatchian volcanoclastics Wasatchian fauna Wasatchian flora |
| Volcanic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Wasatchian volcanoclastics Wasatchian fauna Wasatchian flora |
