Contents
[INTRODUCTION] 1 [LOCATION] 1 [HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH] 1 [STRATIGRAPHY] 5 [Thaynes Limestone] 7 [Evanston Formation] 7 [Wasatch Formation] 7 [Basal Conglomerate Member] 9 [Lower Member] 9 [Main Body] 11 [Sandstone Tongue] 11 [Mudstone Tongue] 12 [Bullpen Member] 12 [Tunp Member] 12 [Age of the Wasatch Formation] 12 [Depositional Environment] 13 [Green River Formation] 13 [Fossil Butte Member] 13 [Angelo Member] 14 [Age of the Green River Formation] 14 [Depositional Environment] 14 [Fowkes Formation] 15 [Sillem Member] 15 [Bulldog Hollow Member] 15 [Gooseberry Member] 15 [Age of the Fowkes Formation] 15 [Depositional Environment] 15 [QUATERNARY] 15 [THE GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF FOSSIL BASIN] 15 [PALEONTOLOGY] 19 [Flora] 19 [Invertebrates] 20 [Vertebrates] 20 [Fish] 20 [Amphibians] 24 [Reptiles] 24 [Birds] 24 [Mammals] 25 [PALEOECOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY] 30 [GLOSSARY] 34 [REFERENCES] 35 [BIBLIOGRAPHY] 37 [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS] 37