List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
This is a list of stratigraphic units dinosaur trace fossils have been recovered from. Although Dinosauria is a clade which includes the descendant taxon Aves (modern birds), this article covers only stratigraphic units containing Mesozoic forms. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).
Coprolites[]
Name | Age | Country | Province/State | Description |
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Campanian[1] |
Chihuahua |
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Early Cretaceous | Teruel | |||
Cerroa del Pueblo Formation[4] |
Late Cretaceous | Coahuila | ||
Late Campanian[5] |
Alberta | |||
Late Maastrichtian[6] |
Saskatchewan | |||
Pliensbachian to Toarcian[7] |
Connecticut Massachusetts |
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Late Maastrichtian[8] |
Brasov județ | |||
Early Cretaceous | England | |||
Maastrichtian | Alberta |
Eggs or nests[]
Name | Age | Country | Province/State | Description |
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Middle Campanian[9] |
Mendoza Neuquén Río Negro |
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Alberta | ||||
Mendoza Neuquén Río Negro Buenos Aires |
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Mahajanga | ||||
Late Cretaceous | Huesca | |||
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Bagua Formation[15] |
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Neuquén Río Negro |
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Middle Campanian (?)[16] |
Ömnögovi Province | has a few alternate spellings | ||
Cenomanian to Santonian[17] |
has many alternate spellings | |||
Early Cretaceous | Teruel La Rioja |
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Calizus de Lychnus Formation[18] |
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Kimmeridgian[19] |
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Late Jurassic | ||||
Camadas de Montejunto[21] |
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Teruel La Rioja |
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Castellar Formation[4] |
Teruel La Rioja |
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Barremian to basal Cenomanian |
Utah | |||
Nebraska | ||||
Late Campanian[5] |
Alberta | |||
Middle Campanian[25] |
has many alternate spellings | |||
Doshuul Formation[26] |
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Baja California | ||||
Colorado New Mexico |
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Henan | ||||
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Andhra Pradesh | ||||
?Campanian[27] |
Inner Mongolia | |||
Zhejiang | ||||
Late Campanian[28] |
Utah | |||
Kallanakurichi Formation[4] |
Tamil Nadu | |||
Chūbu-chihō | ||||
?Norian[30] |
Santa Cruz | |||
Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra |
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Río Negro Province | ||||
Salta | ||||
Manrakskaya Svita[4] |
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Marilia Formation[4] |
Minas Gerais | |||
Aude | ||||
Aude | ||||
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Wyoming | ||||
Mooreville Chalk Formation[32] |
Early Maastrichtian[32] |
Alabama Mississippi |
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Time | Colorado Wyoming |
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Henan | ||||
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Callovian[34] |
England | |||
England | ||||
Purbeck Beds[35] |
England | |||
Jilin | ||||
Sichuan | ||||
Rio Colorado Formation[4] |
Neuquén Río Negro Province |
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Sainshand Svita[4] |
Dornogovi Province | |||
Alberta | ||||
Sangping Formation[4] |
Henan | |||
Seonso Conglomerate Formation[4] |
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Shaanxi | ||||
Sichuan | ||||
Solnhofen limestone[36] |
Kimmeridgian[36] |
Bavaria | ||
Stonesfield Slate[4] |
England | |||
Xinjiang | ||||
Hebei | ||||
Kimmeridgian[37] |
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Idaho | ||||
Huesca | Many in situ nesting sites of sauropods, designated UNESCO Global Geopark in 2018 | |||
?Late Santonian to Late Campanian[38] |
Montana | |||
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Arizona Utah |
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Shandong | ||||
Idaho | ||||
Barremian[39] |
England | |||
Alberta | ||||
Liaoning | ||||
Yuanpu Formation[4] |
Guangdong | |||
Zhaoyin Formation[4] |
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Henan |
Tracks[]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Sources[]
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp; ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Late Cretaceous; North America; Texas; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 581-582.
- ^ "Late Cretaceous; North America; Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588.
- ^ a b "Blesa Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax "Example Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004).
- ^ a b c d "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.
- ^ a b c "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
- ^ a b c "Portland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
- ^ a b c "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.
- ^ a b c "Late Cretaceous; South America; Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina; Allen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
- ^ "Allison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 577.
- ^ "Angostura Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
- ^ "Ankarafantsika Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
- ^ "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
- ^ "Asencio Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 601.
- ^ "Bagua Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 600.
- ^ a b "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.
- ^ a b "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
- ^ "Calizus de Lychnus Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
- ^ a b "Camadas de Alcobaça." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548-549.
- ^ "Camadas de Guimarota." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
- ^ "Camadas de Montejunto." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
- ^ "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
- ^ "Colorado Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
- ^ "Dakota Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
- ^ a b "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.
- ^ "Doshuul Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.
- ^ a b c "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.
- ^ a b c "Kaiparowits Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 579-80.
- ^ a b c "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
- ^ a b c "Laguna Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
- ^ "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
- ^ a b c "Mooreville Chalk Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 587.
- ^ "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
- ^ a b c "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.
- ^ a b c "Purbeck Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558.
- ^ a b c "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
- ^ a b c "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
- ^ a b c "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.
- ^ a b c "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.
- ^ a b c "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.
- Lists of dinosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
- Dinosaur trace fossils
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Ooliferous formations