List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils

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This is a list of stratigraphic units from which dinosaur body fossils have been recovered. Although Dinosauria is a clade which includes modern birds, this article covers only Mesozoic stratigraphic units. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).

Contents

By diversity

Here the units are sorted by the number of genera that have been reported as being represented in their respective fossil yields. Since the creation or synonymy of genera can be subjective, the sorting of the units can only roughly approximate their known paleobiodiversities.

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NameAgeLocationDescription

Aguja Formation [1]

Campanian [1]

Allen Formation

Campanian

Bajo de la Carpa Formation

Santonian

Barun Goyot Formation [3]

Middle Campanian (?) [3]

has a few alternate spellings

Bayan Mandahu Formation

Campanian

Bayan Shireh Formation [4]

Cenomanian to Santonian [4]

has many alternate spellings

Bissekty Formation [5]

Late Turonian to Coniacian [5]

Cedar Mountain Formation [6]

Barremian to basal Cenomanian

Cerro Barcino Formation

Aptian-Cenomanian

Dinosaur Park Formation [7]

Late Campanian [7]

Djadochta Formation [8]

Middle Campanian [8]

has many alternate spellings

Elliot Formation [9]

Norian to Sinemurian

Ferris Formation [10]

Late Maastrichtian [11]

Frenchman Formation [12]

Late Maastrichtian [12]

Hell Creek Formation [13]

Late Maastrichtian [13]

Horseshoe Canyon Formation [14]

Early Maastrichtian [14]

Huincul Formation

Cenomanian

Iren Dabasu Formation [15]

?Campanian [15]

Jiufotang Formation [16]

Aptian [16]

Judith River Formation [17]

Late Campanian [17]

Kaiparowits Formation

Campanian

Kimmeridge Clay [18]

Kimmeridgian to Late Tithonian [18]

Kirtland Formation [19]

Late Campanian [19] to Early Maastrichtian [20]

Lameta Formation [21]

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation [22]

Late Maastrichtian [22]

Laramie Formation [23]

Late Maastrichtian [23]

Lourinha Formation

late Kimmeridgian-earliest Berriasian

Lufeng Formation [24]

Hettangian

Morrison Formation [25]

Kimmeridgian to Early Tithonian

Nanxiong Formation

Maastrichtian

Nemegt Formation [26]

Early Maastrichtian [26]

has a few alternate spellings

Oldman Formation [27]

Late Campanian [27]

Oxford Clay [28]

Callovian [28]

Rio Colorado Formation [29]

Campanian

Scollard Formation [30]

Late Maastrichtian [30]

Shaximiao Formation [31]

Bathonian to basal Oxfordian

Shishugou Formation

Callovian-Oxfordian

Tendaguru Formation [32]

Kimmeridgian [32]

Tremp Formation

Maastrichtian-Thanetian

Trossingen Formation

Norian-Rhaetian

Two Medicine Formation [33]

Campanian [33]

Wangshi Group [34]

Campanian

Wapiti Formation

Early Campanian to Late Maastrichtian

Wessex Formation [35]

Barremian [35]

Yixian Formation [36]

Barremian [36]

Xinminbao Group [37]

Barremian to Albian [37]

6-10

NameAgeLocationDescription

Adamantina Formation [38]

Late Cretaceous [39] [40]

Allaru Formation [41]

Albian [41]

Alcobaça Formation [42]

Kimmeridgian [42]

Anacleto Formation

Campanian

Antlers Formation [43]

Late Aptian to Middle Albian [43]

Arcillas de Morella Formation

Arén Formation [44]

Arundel Clay [45]

Middle Aptian to Early Albian . [45]

Baharija Formation [46]

Bajo Barreal Formation [47]

Cenomanian to Coniacian [47]

Bauxite of Cornet [48]

Camadas de Guimarota [49]

Cañadón Asfalto Formation

Toarcian

Candeleros Formation

Cenomanian

Castellar Formation [50]

Cerro del Pueblo Formation

Chipping Norton Formation [51]

Clarens Formation [52]

Sinemurian [52]

Cloverly Formation [53]

Late Aptian [53]

Csehbanya Formation

Denver Formation [54]

Maastrichtian [54]

Elrhaz Formation [55]

Late Aptian [55]

Foremost Formation [56]

Forest Marble Formation

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Great Oolite Group

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Gosau Group

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Grünbach Formation [57]

Campanian [57]

Griman Creek Formation

Grès à Reptiles [58]

Early Maastrichtian [58]

Haoling Formation

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Hornerstown Formation [59]

Ischigualasto Formation [60]

Carnian [60]

Javelina Formation

Khok Kruat Formation

Kitadani Formation [61]

Aptian to Albian [61]

Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [61]

La Huérguina Formation [62]

Lecho Formation [63]

Lianmuqin Formation

Maevarano Formation [64]

Campanian [64]

Marilia Formation

Mata Amarilla Formation

Milk River Formation [65]

Early Campanian [65]

Minhe Formation [66]

Portezuelo Formation

Prince Creek Formation [67]

Rio Neuquen Formation [68]

Sânpetru Formation [69]

Late Maastrichtian [69]

Sao Khua Formation [70]

Hauterivian to Valanginian [70]

Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation

Villar del Arzobispo Formation

Xinlong Formation

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NameAgeLocationDescription

Alagteeg Formation [71]

Late Cretaceous [71]

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Alcântara Formation

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Ampthill Clay [72]

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Angostura Colorada Formation [73]

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Bayin-Gobi Formation [74]

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Bungil Formation [75]

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Bushveld Sandstone [76]

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Calcaire à Spatangues

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Calcaire de Caen [77]

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Cerro del Pueblo Formation

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Cerro Barcino Formation [78]

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Crato Formation

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Densus Ciula Formation [79]

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Dorotea Formation Late Cretaceous

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Ejinhoro Formation [80]

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Fruitland Formation

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Galula Formation

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Guichón Formation

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Hanson Formation

Late Sinemurian to Early Pliensbachian

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Hekou Group

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Huiquanpu Formation

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Kayenta Formation [81]

Sinemurian to Pliensbachian

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Klettgau Formation

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Khuren Dukh Formation

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Kirkwood Formation

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La Amarga Formation [82]

Barremian [82]

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Los Colorados Formation [83]

Norian [83]

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Marnes a Belemnopsis latesulcatus Formation

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Marnes de Dives

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Plottier Formation

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Romualdo Formation

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Snow Hill Island Formation

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Sunjiawan Formation

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Toqui Formation

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Udurchukan Formation Maastrichtian Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Ulansuhai Formation [84]

Turonian

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Vectis Formation

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Wahweap Formation

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Winton Formation [85]

Cenomanian [85]

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Xiaoyan Formation

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Xingezhuang Formation

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Xinpongnaobao Formation

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Xintiangou Formation

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Yuliangze Formation

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Zhenzhuchong Formation

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Zhoutian Formation [86] Turonian–early Coniacian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Ziliujing Formation

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Indeterminate

This list includes stratigraphic units that have produced dinosaur remains, although none of these remains have been referred to a specific genus.

NameLocationDescription

Almond Formation [87]

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Description

Al-Khod Conglomerate [88]

Description

Anoual Formation

Ankarafantsika Formation [89]

Description

Birdsong Sandstone [90]

Chari Formation [91]

Chota Formation [92]

Coreena Formation [93]

Description

Dahkla Formation [94]

Description

Douiret Formation [95]

Description

Enon Formation [96]

Description

Gokwe Formation [97]

Description

Gres a Avicula contorta [98]

Hidden Lake Formation [99]

Kaladongar Formation [100]

Kallakurichi Formation [101]

Kilmaluag Formation [102]

Lushangfen Formation

Mahadek Formation [103]

Marnes de Bleville [104]

Miria Formation [105]

Molecap Greensand

Patcham Formation [106]

Qagannur Formation [107]

Qigu Formation

Rabekke Formation

Sables de Breze

Sables de Cherre [108]

Sables et Gres a Trigonia gibbosa

Snake Ridge Formation

Soledad Beds

Tahora Formation

Tiki Formation [109]

Valle de Angeles Redbeds

Valtos Sandstone Formation

Villigen Formation [110]

Whitby Mudstone Formation [111]

Yacoraite Formation [112]

Yongantun Formation [113]

Zhirkindek Formation

Zoumagang Formation [114]

By preservation

Bone beds and mass graves

NameAgeLocationDescription

Morrison Formation [25]

Jurassic

Lagerstatten

NameAgeLocationDescription

Solnhofen limestone

Kimmeridgian [115]

Yixian Formation [36]

Barremian [36]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "Late Cretaceous; North America; Texas; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 581-582.
  2. "Late Cretaceous; North America; Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588.
  3. 1 2 "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.
  4. 1 2 "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
  5. 1 2 "Bissekty Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 594.
  6. "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
  7. 1 2 3 "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.
  9. 1 2 3 "Elliot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528-529, 536.
  10. 1 2 "Ferris Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 585.
  11. Hartman, Joseph Herbert; Johnson, Kirk R.; Nichols, Douglas J. (2002). The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous. Geological Society of America. ISBN   978-0-8137-2361-7.
  12. 1 2 3 "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
  13. 1 2 3 "Hell Creek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 584-586.
  14. 1 2 3 "Horseshoe Canyon Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 577.
  15. 1 2 3 "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.
  16. 1 2 3 "Jiufotang Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 565-66.
  17. 1 2 3 "Judith River Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 583.
  18. 1 2 3 "Kimmeridge Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 546.
  19. 1 2 "Lower Kirtland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580.
  20. 1 2 "Upper Kirtland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580-581.
  21. "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  22. 1 2 3 "Lance Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 585-586.
  23. 1 2 3 "Laramie Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 581.
  24. "Lower Lufeng Series Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 534.
  25. 1 2 3 "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
  26. 1 2 3 "Nemegt Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
  27. 1 2 3 "Oldman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
  28. 1 2 3 "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.
  29. 1 2 "Rio Colorado Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603-4.
  30. 1 2 3 "Scollard Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
  31. 1 2 "Shaximiao Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 542, 550-1.
  32. 1 2 3 "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  33. 1 2 3 "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.
  34. "Wangshi Group." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598, 600.
  35. 1 2 3 "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.
  37. 1 2 3 "Xinminbao Group Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 567.
  38. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 600-604. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  39. Turner, A.H.; Calvo, J.O. (2005). "A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 87–98. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0087:ANSCFT]2.0.CO;2.
  40. Marco Brandalise de Andrade; Reinaldo J. Bertini (2008). "A new Sphagesaurus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Notosuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Monte Alto City (Bauru Group, Brazil), and a revision of the Sphagesauridae". Historical Biology. 20 (2): 101–136. doi:10.1080/08912960701642949.
  41. 1 2 3 "Early Cretaceous; Australasia; Queensland, Australia; Allaru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 574.
  42. 1 2 "Camadas de Alcobaça." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548-549.
  43. 1 2 3 "Early Cretaceous; North America; "Texas" and "Oklahoma;" Antlers Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
  44. "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
  45. 1 2 "Early Cretaceous; North America; "Maryland" and "Washington, D.C.;" Arundel Clay)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
  46. "Baharija Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
  47. 1 2 "Bajo Barreal Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 602.
  48. "Bauxite of Cornet." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 562.
  49. "Camadas de Guimarota." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
  50. "Castellar Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560-1.
  51. "Chipping Norton Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538,540.
  52. 1 2 "Clarens Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 536.
  53. 1 2 "Cloverly Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
  54. 1 2 "Denver Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 581.
  55. 1 2 3 "Elrhaz Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 572.
  56. "Foremost Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
  57. 1 2 3 "Gosau Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592.
  58. 1 2 3 "Gres a reptiles Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 589-90.
  59. "Hornerstown Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 586.
  60. 1 2 3 "Ischigualasto Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
  61. 1 2 3 "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
  62. "La Huergina Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561-62.
  63. "Lecho Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
  64. 1 2 3 "Maevarano Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
  65. 1 2 "Milk River Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
  66. "Minhe Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598-9.
  67. "Prince Creek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 587.
  68. "Rio Neuquen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
  69. 1 2 3 "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.
  70. 1 2 3 "Sao Khua Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 569.
  71. 1 2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  72. "Ampthill Clay." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 546.
  73. "Angostura Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
  74. "Bayin-Gobi Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
  75. "Bungil Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 573.
  76. "Bushveld Sandstone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 535, 528.
  77. "Calcaire de Caen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
  78. "Cerro Barcino Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 571.
  79. "Densus Ciula Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 593.
  80. "Ejinhoro Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
  81. "Kayenta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
  82. 1 2 3 "La Amarga Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 571.
  83. 1 2 3 "Los Colorados Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
  84. 1 2 "Ulansuhai Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
  85. 1 2 3 "Winton Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 606.
  86. Xing, Lida; Niu, Kecheng; Mallon, Jordan; Miyashita, Tetsuto (2023). "A new armored dinosaur with double cheek horns from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern China". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 11. doi: 10.18435/vamp29396 . ISSN   2292-1389.
  87. "Almond Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 584.
  88. "Al-Khod Conglomerate." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 593.
  89. "Ankarafantsika Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
  90. "Birdsong Sandstone." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 574.
  91. "Chari Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
  92. Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 600.
  93. "Coreena Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 574.
  94. "Dahkla Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
  95. "Douiret Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 572.
  96. "Enon Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 573.
  97. "Gokwe Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  98. "Gres a Avicula contorta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 523.
  99. "Hidden Lake Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 606.
  100. "Kaladongar Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
  101. "Kallankurichi Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 593-600.
  102. Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538.
  103. "Mahadek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  104. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  105. "Miria Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 606.
  106. "Patcham Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
  107. "Qagannur Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 567.
  108. Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  109. "Tiki Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 525.
  110. "Villigen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
  111. "Whitby Mudstone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 533.
  112. "Yacoraite Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
  113. "Yongantun Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 599.
  114. "Zoumgang Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 599.
  115. 1 2 "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.

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The Matsuo Group is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Japan. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus ("Tobasaurus").

The Kalahari Deposits is an Early Cretaceous (Aptian) geologic formation in South Africa. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. The depositional environment is described as a crater lake where poorly lithified, concretionary conglomerate and volcaniclastic, intraclastic, calcareous mudstone were deposited under quiet subaqueous conditions, probably a "crater-fill succession above an olivine-melilitie intrusion".

The Sengoku Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

The Black Creek Group is a geologic group in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chipping Norton Limestone</span>

The Chipping Norton Limestone is a geological formation in the Cotswolds, England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian. Including those of dinosaurs Cetiosaurus, Megalosaurus and Cruxicheiros as well as the Tritylodontid Stereognathus. It primarily consists of ooidal limestone.

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