Mancos Shale

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mancos_Shale
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:geological_formation
gptkbp:age gptkb:Late_Cretaceous
gptkbp:containsFossilsOf gptkb:ammonites
marine reptiles
bivalves
gptkbp:depositionalEnvironment gptkb:marine
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Colorado
gptkb:Montana
gptkb:New_Mexico
gptkb:Utah
gptkb:Wyoming
western United States
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Mancos,_Colorado
gptkb:W.H._Holmes
gptkbp:overlies gptkb:Dakota_Sandstone
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Western_Interior_Seaway
gptkbp:primaryLithology gptkb:stone
gptkbp:thickness up to 1500 meters
gptkbp:underlies gptkb:Mesaverde_Group
gptkbp:yearNamed 1877
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Piceance_Basin
gptkb:San_Juan_Basin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mancos Shale