Holly Creek Formation

Holly Creek Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Type	Formation
Location
Region	Arkansas
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Little Holly Creek and Holly Creek, Howard County, Arkansas
Named by	Harold C. Vanderpool [1]

The Holly Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period which belong to the Trinity Group. ^[2]

Flora

• Cheirolepidiaceae ^[3]

Fauna

• Indeterminate Chondrichthyes
• Indeterminate Actinopterygii
  • Indeterminate Amiidae
• Indeterminate Semionotiformes
• Indeterminate Pycnodontiformes
  • Anomoeodus caddoi
• Lissamphibia
• Indeterminate Helochelydridae
  • Naomichelys sp.
• Indeterminate Trionychids
• Indeterminate Coelognathosuchia
• Squamata
  • Sciroseps pawhuskai
• Dinosauria
  • Acrocanthosaurus sp.
  • Deinonychus sp.
  • Richardoestesia sp.
  • Indeterminate Titanosauria
  • Indeterminate Nodosauria

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• United States portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
• Paleontology in Arkansas

References

1. Vanderpool, H.C. (1928). "A preliminary study of the Trinity group in southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northern Texas". Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 12: 1079–1080.
2. Suarez, Celina A.; Frederickson, Joseph; Cifelli, Richard L.; Pittman, Jeffrey G.; Nydam, Randall L.; Hunt-Foster, ReBecca K.; Morgan, Kirsty (2021-10-21). "A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA". PeerJ. 9 e12242. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12242 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   8542373 . PMID   34721970.
3. AXSMITH, BRIAN J.; KRINGS, MICHAEL; WASELKOV, KATHERINE (February 2004). "Conifer Pollen Cones from the Cretaceous of Arkansas: Implications for Diversity and Reproduction in the Cheirolepidiaceae". Journal of Paleontology. 78 (2): 402–409. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0402:cpcftc>2.0.co;2. ISSN   0022-3360. S2CID   129310148.

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.