South Platte Formation
South Platte Formation | |
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![]() Dakota Hogback, highest outcrops are from the South Platte Formation | |
Type | Geological formation |
The South Platte Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation found in the U.S. state of Colorado. Fossil ankylosaur tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
- Ankylosaur tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
Footnotes[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
References[]
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
Categories:
- Cretaceous System of North America
- Cretaceous Colorado
- United States geologic formation stubs