The Union Wash Formation is a geologic formation in the Inyo Mountains, east of Lone Pine in Inyo County, California.

Union Wash Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Triassic
TypeFormation
Location
RegionInyo Mountains, Inyo County, California
CountryUnited States

It is of the Early Triassic epoch in the Triassic Period, during the Mesozoic Era.

Fossils

It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period.[1] They include Inyoites owenii, from the Meekoceras bed of the formation, and Ammonoids.[citation needed]

The sites are protected within the Southern Inyo Mountains Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range (Triassic of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.