Thomas Fork Formation
Thomas Fork Formation Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 42°24′N 110°54′W / 42.4°N 110.9°WCoordinates: 42°24′N 110°54′W / 42.4°N 110.9°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 42°24′N 66°42′W / 42.4°N 66.7°W |
Region | Wyoming |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Thomas Fork Creek |
![]() ![]() Thomas Fork Formation (the United States) ![]() ![]() Thomas Fork Formation (Wyoming) |
The Thomas Fork Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Albian) geologic formation in Wyoming.[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.[2]
Fossil content[]
The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
- Vertebrates
- Dinosauria indet.[3]
- Osteichthyes indet.[3]
- Reptilia indet.[3]
- Testudines indet.[3]
- Invertebrates
- Bivalves[3]
- Gastropoda indet.[3]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
- Dinosaur eggs
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
References[]
Bibliography[]
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
- . 1985. Newfound Early Cretaceous dinosaurs and other fossils in southeastern Idaho and westernmost Wyoming. 27. 73-85.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Wyoming
- Lower Cretaceous Series of North America
- Cretaceous geology of Wyoming
- Albian Stage
- Sandstone formations
- Ooliferous formations
- Paleontology in Wyoming