Cedar Mountain Formation

Cedar Mountain Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Berriasian-Cenomanian ~140–94 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type section of the Cedar Mountain Formation
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	See text
Underlies	Naturita Formation
Overlies	Morrison Formation
Thickness	Varies, some sections over 1000 metres
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone
Location
Coordinates	39°15′00″N 110°49′26″W / 39.250°N 110.824°W / 39.250; -110.824
Approximate paleocoordinates	40°12′N 69°00′W / 40.2°N 69.0°W / 40.2; -69.0
Region	Utah
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Cedar Mountain
Named by	William Stokes
Year defined	1944
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The Cedar Mountain Formation is the name given to a distinctive sedimentary geologic formation in eastern Utah, spanning most of the early and mid-Cretaceous. The formation was named for Cedar Mountain in northern Emery County, Utah, where William Lee Stokes first studied the exposures in 1944.^[1]