Belden Shale

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Colorado, United States}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Belden Shale | image = | caption = | type = Formation | age = Carboniferous | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = Colorado | country = United States, Colorado near McCoy town | coordinates =39° 54' 56'' North, 106° 43' 33'' West | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = | overlies = | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }}

The '''Belden Shale''' is a geologic formation in Colorado near the town of McCoy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Belden Shale, McCoy Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA |url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-158437.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database |url=https://www.fossilworks.org/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Paleobiology Database |archive-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819182839/https://www.fossilworks.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal |Earth sciences|Colorado|Paleontology}} * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado * Paleontology in Colorado

==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org/|access-date= 17 December 2021|archive-date= 19 August 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220819182839/https://www.fossilworks.org/|url-status= dead}}

Category:Carboniferous Colorado Category:Carboniferous southern paleotropical deposits Category:Shale formations of the United States Category:Geologic formations of Colorado