FRONTIER FORMATION Thrust belt--White to brown sandstone and dark-gray shale; oyster coquina in upper part; coal and lignite in lower part. Kf Northern Yellowstone area--Yellowish- to medium-gray sandstone; tuffaceous and car- bonaceous in lower part. Kft North and south Wyoming--Gray sandstone and sandy shale. Kf, Kcf, Knt, Kft STEELE SHALE (AGE ABOUT 78 TO 82 Ma)--Gray soft marine shale containing numerous bentonite beds and thin lenticular sandstone. Ks, Ksn PIERRE SHALE (AGE 72 TO 78 Ma)--Dark-gray concretionary marine shale; contains several bentonite beds. Kp NIOBRARA FORMATION (AGE ABOUT 83 Ma)--Light-colored limestone and gray to yellow speckled limy shale. Kn, Ksn, Knt, Knc CARLILE SHALE--Dark-gray sandy shale; Sage Breaks Member at top; Turner Sandy Member in middle. Kcl, Knc GREENHORN FORMATION--Light-colored limestone, marl, and limy sandstone interbedded with gray concretionary shale. Kgb, Kgbm BELLE FOURCHE SHALE--Black soft bentonitic concretionary shale. Kgb, Kgbm