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Tensleep Sandstone

Geologic formation in Wyoming, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Tensleep Sandstone is a geological formation of Pennsylvanian to very early Permian age in Wyoming.[2]

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The formation is composed of fine- to medium-grained sandstone, light gray and yellowish gray; generally slightly to moderately calcareous; some dolomite and sandy dolomite beds; mostly thick to massive sets of low-angle, wedge-planar crossbeds of dunes. Forms cliffs 61-91m (200-300 feet) thick.[3]

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Trace fossils

Hylonomus

In 1932 Edward Branson and Maurice Mehl reported the discovery of a fossil trackway in the formation.[4] A new ichnospecies, Steganoposaurus belli, was erected for these footprints.[4] The tracks were probably made by a web-footed animal slightly less than three feet long.[4] This creature was originally presumed to be an amphibian, but the toe prints it left behind were pointed like a reptile's rather than round like an amphibians. The actual trackmaker may have been similar to the genus Hylonomus.[5] The ichnogenus Tridentichnus are similar footprints preserved in the Supai Formation of Arizona.[6]

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