# Pass Peak Formation

The Pass Peak Formation is a Wasatchian geologic formation in Wyoming. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.

## Fossil content

The following fossils have been found in the formation:

### Mammals
#### Artiodactyls

* Diacodexis sp.

#### Erinaceomorpha

* Diacodon celatus

#### Glires

* Paramys copei

#### Macroscelidea

* Adapisoricidae indet.

#### Perissodactyla

* Hyracotherium cf. vasacciense

#### Placentalia

* Hyopsodus cf. wortmani

## Wasatchian correlations

Wasatchian correlations in North America :
| Formation | Wasatch | DeBeque | Claron | Indian Meadows | Pass Peak | Tatman | Willwood | Golden Valley | Coldwater | Allenby | Kamloops | Ootsa Lake | Margaret | Nanjemoy | Hatchetigbee | Tetas de Cabra | Hannold Hill | Coalmont | Cuchara | Galisteo | San Jose | Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA) Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ) |
| Basin | Powder River Uinta Piceance Colorado Plateau Wind River Green River Bighorn | Piceance | Colorado Plateau | Wind River | Green River | Bighorn | Bighorn | Williston | Okanagan | Princeton | Buck Creek | Nechako | Sverdrup | Potomac | GoM | Laguna Salada | Rio Grande | North Park | Raton | Galisteo | San Juan | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Country | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | Canada | Canada | Canada | Canada | Canada | United States | United States | Mexico | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Copelemur | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Coryphodon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Diacodexis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Homogalax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Oxyaena | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Paramys | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Primates | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Birds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Reptiles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Fish | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Insects | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Flora | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pass Peak Formation (North America) |
| Environments | Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | | | | Fluvial | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Lacustrine | Lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Deltaic-paludal | Shallow marine | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Shallow marine | Fluvial | | Fluvial | Fluvial | Wasatchian volcanoclastics Wasatchian fauna Wasatchian flora |
| Volcanic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Wasatchian volcanoclastics Wasatchian fauna Wasatchian flora |