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The Moenkopi Formation is a geological formation that is spread across the U.S. states of New Mexico, northern Arizona, Nevada, southeastern California, eastern Utah and western Colorado. This unit is considered to be a group in Arizona.
This is an incomplete list of islands of Texas. Most of Texas' islands are small, unnamed and uninhabited and could not be listed. [1] Alcatraz; Alexander Island;
Group or Formation Period Notes Admiral Formation: Permian: Aguja Formation: Cretaceous: Alacran Mountain Formation: Permian: Albany Group/Lueders Formation: Permian: Albany Group/Waggoner Ranch Formation
From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone. Picture from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.
Moenkopia (meaning "for Moenkopi") is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians from the Coelacanthidae [1] found in the Middle Triassic Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.The type, and only species, M. wellesi, was named in 1961 in honour of Samuel Paul Welles. [2]
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of New Mexico, U.S. Sites ... Moenkopi Formation: Triassic: Mojado Formation: Cretaceous:
Scale depiction of the 5 largest islands in the US, with some other significant islands. This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52 km 2). Mainland areas cut by human-made canals are not considered islands.
Ripple marks in Moenkopi Formation rock. Local climatic conditions were wetter and more tropical in the Early Triassic than they were previously. In the Capitol Reef area the resulting Moenkopi Formation is divided into four members (from oldest to youngest): [6] Black Dragon Member; Sinbad Limestone Member, Torrey Member, and; Moody Canyon Member.