Sheep Pen Sandstone
| Sheep Pen Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Dockum Group |
| Underlies | Exeter Sandstone |
| Overlies | Sloan Canyon Formation |
| Thickness | 33 meters (108 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36°58′17″N 103°10′27″W / 36.9714°N 103.1743°W |
| Region | Colorado New Mexico Oklahoma |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sheep Pen Canyon |
| Named by | B.H. Parker |
| Year defined | 1930 |
The Sheep Pen Sandstone is a late Triassic geologic formation exposed in northeastern New Mexico. Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.