De Queen Formation

De Queen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Trinity Group
Location
Region	Arkansas
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	De Queen, Sevier County, Arkansas
Named by	Hugh Dismore Miser and Albert Homer Purdue [1]

The De Queen Formation, formerly known as the DeQueen Limestone Member ^[2] is a Mesozoic geological formation located in southwestern Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Fossil sauropod and theropod tracks have been reported from the formation. ^{[3] [4]} It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period, ^[5] particularly the Albian age.

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• United States portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
    • Sauropod tracks
• Paleontology in Arkansas

Footnotes

1. Miser, H.D.; Purdue, A.H. (1919). "Gravel deposits of the Caddo Gap and De Queen quadrangles, Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 690: 18, 19, 22, pl. 1.
2. Ham, T. L.; Landry, R. J. (1983-09-01). Suggested nomenclature change and new reference locality for Dequeen Formation, Pike County, Arkansas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists eastern section meeting, Carbondale, IL, USA, 3 Oct 1983. OSTI   6625586.
3. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." pp. 517–607.
4. Boss, Steven; Cothren, J.; Suarez, C.; Williamson, M.; Platt, B.; Kvamme, J. (2012). "Wide-Field LIDAR Imaging and online interactive Measurement of a Dinosaur Trackway Site from Southwest Arkansas, USA". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 44 (7). Geological Society of America (GSA): 404. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
5. Boss, Stephen (2011). "NSF RAPID: Salvaging a newly discovered dinosaur trackway from southwest Arkansas, USA" . Retrieved May 3, 2019.

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN   0-520-24209-2.