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Snowy Range Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
Fossils from the Snowy Range Formation
TypeFormation
Location
RegionMontana
CountryUnited States

The Snowy Range Formation is a geologic formation in Montana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. It contains characteristic flat pebble conglomerate which sometimes show distinctive red rims

Snowy Range Formation, Red Pebble Conglomerate.

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References

  1. Myrow, P.M., Tice, L., Archuleta, B., et al., Flat-Pebble Conglomerate: Its Multiple Origin and Relationship to Metre-Scale Depositional Cycles, Sedimentology, 2004, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 973–996.


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