| Skull Creek Shale | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian around 101–97 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | shale |
| Location | |
| Region | Nebraska |
| Country | United States |
The Skull Creek Shale is a Cretaceous geologic formation in Wyoming as well as Colorado and Nebraska, United States.
The Skull Creek Shale corresponds with the Kiowa Shale.
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Wyoming
- Paleontology in Colorado
- Paleontology in Nebraska
- Paleontology in Wyoming
References
- ^ R.J. Weimer (1984). J.S. Schlee (ed.). "Relation of unconformities, tectonics, and sea-level changes, Cretaceous of Western Interior, United States" (PDF). AAPG Memoir (Memoir 36, Interregional unconformities and hydrocarbon accumulation). American Association of Petroleum Geologists: 405–414. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
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