Tensleep Sandstone facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tensleep Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Pennsylvanian-very Early Permian ~308–298Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Phosphoria & Chugwater Formations
Overlies	Sacajewea & Amsden Formations
Thickness	up to 535 feet (160 m)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Limestone
Location
Coordinates	42.6°N 108.2°W / 42.6; -108.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	4.3°N 35.2°W / 4.3; -35.2
Region	Wyoming
Country	USA
Type section
Named for	Ten Sleep, Wyoming
Named by	N.H. Darton
Year defined	1904

The Tensleep Sandstone is a geological formation of Pennsylvanian to very early Permian age in Wyoming.

Trace fossils

Hylonomus

In 1932 Edward Branson and Maurice Mehl reported the discovery of a fossil trackway in the formation. A new ichnospecies, Steganoposaurus belli, was erected for these footprints. The tracks were probably made by a web-footed animal slightly less than three feet long. This creature was originally presumed to be an amphibian, but the toe prints it left behind were pointed like a reptile's rather than round like an amphibians. The actual trackmaker may have been similar to the genus Hylonomus. The ichnogenus Tridentichnus are similar footprints preserved in the Supai Formation of Arizona.