Alamosa Formation

Alamosa Formation

Stratigraphic range: Pleistocene
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TypeFormation
Location
RegionColorado
CountryUnited States

The Alamosa Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado.[1] It preserves fossils. The formation was deposited by Lake Alamosa, a paleolake that existed from the Pliocene to the middle Pleistocene.[2]

  1. ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Machette, Michael N.; Marchetti, David W.; Thompson, Ren A. (2007). "Chapter G: Ancient Lake Alamosa and the Pliocene to middle Pleistocene evolution of the Rio Grande". Rocky Mountain Section Friends of the Pleistocene Guidebook (PDF). Open-file report ; 2007-1193. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. pp. 157–167.