Billman Creek Formation

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Billman Creek Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Livingston Group
Underlies Hoppers Formation
Overlies Miner Creek Formation
Location
Region Montana
Country United States of America

The Billman Creek Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in south-central Montana. [1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. [2]

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The Billman Creek Formation is a unit of the Livingston Group. [3]


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Footnotes

  1. USGS
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. Skipp, Betty and McGrew, L.W., 1972, The Upper Cretaceous Livingston Group of the western Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana, in Balster, C., Lynn, J., and Warne, J., eds., Crazy Mountains Basin: Montana Geological Society 21st Annual Geological Conference Guidebook, p. 99-106.

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