| Travesser Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Steamboat Butte, showing tilted teds of Travesser Formation in its lower half | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Dockum Group |
| Underlies | Sloan Canyon Formation |
| Overlies | Baldy Hill Formation |
| Thickness | 550 feet (170 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone, sandstone |
| Other | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36°56′N 103°29′W / 36.93°N 103.48°W |
| Region | New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Travesser Creek |
| Named by | Baldwin and Muelberger |
| Year defined | 1959 |
  Travesser Formation (the United States)  Travesser Formation (New Mexico) | |
The Travesser Formation is a geologic formation in northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, westernmost Oklahoma, and northwestern Texas,[1] particularly in the Dry Cimarron valley.[2] It preserves fossils dating back to the late Triassic period.[1]
- ^ a b Baldwin, Brewster; Muehlberger, W.R. (1959). "Geologic studies of Union County, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin. 63–2. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Lucas, S.G.; Hunt, A.P.; Hayden, S.N. (1987). "The Triassic System in the Dry Cimarron Valley, New Mexico, Colorado, and Oklahoma" (PDF). New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Guidebook. 38: 97–117. Retrieved 17 September 2020.