Fruitland Formation
The Fruitland Formation is a geologic formation found in the San Juan Basin in the states of New Mexico and Colorado, in the United States of America. It contains fossils dating it to the Campanian age of the late Cretaceous.
| Fruitland Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~ | |
Fruitland Formation at its type location north of Fruitland, New Mexico | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Fossil Forest Member Ne-nah-ne-zad Member |
| Underlies | Kirtland Formation |
| Overlies | Pictured Cliffs Sandstone |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale, coal |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36.752°N 108.442°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 43.5°N 79.6°W |
| Region | New Mexico Colorado |
| Country | USA |
Fruitland Formation (the United States) Fruitland Formation (New Mexico) | |
The Fruitland Formation shares its name with Fruitland, New Mexico. That city is on what was the western shore of the Western Interior Seaway.
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