Runningwater Formation | |
Type: | Formation |
Age: | Early Miocene (Hemingfordian) ~ |
Period: | Burdigalian |
Prilithology: | Sandstone |
Otherlithology: | Conglomerate |
Region: | Nebraska |
Coordinates: | 42.4°N -103°W |
Paleocoordinates: | 43.1°N -99.1°W |
The Runningwater Formation is a geologic formation in Nebraska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Hemingfordian of the Early Miocene of the Neogene period. The sandstones and conglomerates of the formation were deposited in a fluvial environment. The formation has provided many fossil mammals.
Among the following fossils have been found in the formation:[1]