The Browns Park Formation is a
geologic formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
dating back to the
Neogene
The Neogene ( ,) is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago ( Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period million years ago. It is the second period of th ...
period
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.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado
This is a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the U.S. state of Colorado.
Sites
See also
*Paleontology in Colorado
*Bibliography of Colorado
*Geography of Colorado
*History of Colorado
*Index of Colorado-related articles
*List of ...
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Paleontology in Colorado
Paleontology in Colorado refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the United States, U.S. state of Colorado.
The geologic column of Colorado spans about one third of Earth's history. Fossils can be found almo ...
References
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Neogene Colorado
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