Cheyenne Sandstone

The Cheyenne Sandstone is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Kansas.^[1][2]

Cheyenne Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type	Formation
Unit of	Lower Cretaceous Series
Underlies	Kiowa Shale
Overlies	Permian units and Morrison Formation
Thickness	0–260 ft (0.00–79.25 m)[1]
Location
Coordinates	37°27′1″N 99°4′48″W
Region	Kansas
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Cheyenne Rock, at Belvidere, Kiowa Co., central southern Kansas[2]
Named by	F. W. Cragin
Year defined	1889

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Kansas portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas
• Paleontology in Kansas