List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks

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Prosauropods

NameAgeLocationDescription

Calcari Grigi di Noriglio Formation [1]

Description

Dolomia Principale Formation [2]

Description

Durrestein Formation [3]

Description

McCoy Brook Formation [4]

Description

Moenave Formation [5]

Description

Montemarcello Formation [6]

Description

Portezuelo Formation [7]

Carnian [7]

Description

Portland Formation [8]

Pliensbachian to Toarcian [8]

Description

Redonda Formation [9]

Description

Rock Point Formation [10]

Description

Rotzo Formation [11]

Pliensbachian

Description

Sheep Pen Sandstone Formation [12]

Description

Sloan Canyon Formation [13]

Description

Sauropods

NameAgeLocationDescription

Aganane Formation [14]

Up to 1350 tracks, most of them currently undescribed. Includes several new Sauropod morphotypes

Contents

Alacón Formation [15]

Description

Antenor Navarro Formation [16]

Description

Antlers Formation [17]

Late Aptian to Middle Albian [17]

Description

Aréen Formation [18]

Description

Azóia Limestone [19]

Description

Bhuj Formation [20]

Description

Broome Sandstone [21]

Description

Castellar Formation [22]

Description

Calcare di Altamura Formation [23]

Description

Calcare di Cellina Formation [24]

Description

Calcari Grigi di Noriglio Formation [1]

Description

Calcarios Micriticos da Serra de Aire [25]

Description

Cedar Mountain Formation [26]

Barremian to basal Cenomanian

Description

Chacarilla Formation [27]

Description

Chaunaca Formation [28]

Description

Corda Formation [29]

Description

DeQueen Formation [30]

Description

Edwards Formation [31]

Description

Encisco Group [32]

Description

Glen Rose Formation [33]

Late Aptian to Early Albian [33]

Description

Gres d'Assaouas Formation [34]

Description

Haman Formation [35]

Description

Hasandong Formation [36]

Description

Higuerueles Formation [37]

Description

Iouaridene Formation [38]

Description

Jindong Formation [39]

Description

Katrol Formation [40]

Description

Kcskehát Limestone Formation [41]

Description

Kem Kem Beds [42]

Description

Kitadani Formation [43]

Aptian to Albian [43]

Description

Kurek Svita Formation [44]

Description

Lastres Formation [45]

Description

Luchak Svita Formation [46]

Description

Monte Grande Formation [47]

Description

Morrison Formation [48]

TimeDescription

Nemegt Formation [49]

Early Maastrichtian [49] 

- has a few alternate spellings

Oncala Group [50]

Description

Patuxent Formation [51]

Description

Phra Wihan Formation [52]

Description

Purbeck Beds [53]

Berriasian [53]

Description

Reuchenette Formation [54]

Description

Rio Limay Formation [55]

Description

Rupelo Formation [56]

Description

Sagog Formation [57]

Description

Saltwick Formation [58]

Description

Shirabad Svita [59]

Description

Sousa Formation [60]

Description

Tecocoyunca Group [61]

Description

Terenes Formation [62]

Description

Tizi-n-Aït tracksite Tracks attributed to sauropods or stegosaurs, and an unidentified carnosaur [63] [64]

Tremp Formation [65]

Sauropod and hadrosaur tracks and sauropod in situ nesting sites, designated UNESCO Global Geopark in 2018

Uhangri Formation [66]

Description

Vega Formation [67]

Description

Villar del Arzobispo Formation [68]

Description

Wagad Formation [69]

Description

White Limestone Formation [70]

Description

Winton Formation [71]

Cenomanian [71]

Zorillo Formation [72]

Description

See also

List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Calcari Grigi di Noriglio Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 533.
  2. 1 2 "Dolomia Principale Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 524-5.
  3. 1 2 "Durrestein Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 524.
  4. 1 2 "McCoy Brook Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 530.
  5. 1 2 "Moenave Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
  6. 1 2 "Montemarcello Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 525.
  7. 1 2 3 "Portezuelo Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
  8. 1 2 3 "Portland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
  9. 1 2 "Redonda Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 520.
  10. 1 2 "Rock Point Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 520.
  11. 1 2 "Franceschi M., Martinelli M., Gislimberti L., Rizzi A., Massironi M. (2015) - Integration of 3D modeling, aerial LiDAR and photogrammetry to study a synsedimentary structure in the Early Jurassic Calcari Grigi (Southern Alps, Italy). European Journal of Remote Sensing, 48: . doi:
  12. 1 2 "Sheep Pen Sandstone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 520.
  13. 1 2 "Sloan Canyon Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 520.
  14. 1 2 "Aganane Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 535.
  15. 1 2 "Alacón Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.
  16. 1 2 "Antenor Navarro Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570-71.
  17. 1 2 3 "Early Cretaceous; North America; "Texas" and "Oklahoma;" Antlers Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
  18. 1 2 "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
  19. 1 2 "Azóia Limestone." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
  20. 1 2 "Bhuj Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  21. 1 2 "Broome Sandstone." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 574.
  22. 1 2 "Castellar Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560-1.
  23. 1 2 "Calcare di Altamura Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592.
  24. 1 2 "Calcare di Cellina Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 562.
  25. ↑ "Calcarios Micriticos da Serra de Aire." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
  26. 1 2 "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
  27. 1 2 "Chacarilla Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  28. 1 2 "Chaunaca Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 601.
  29. 1 2 "Corda Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
  30. 1 2 "DeQueen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
  31. 1 2 "Edwards Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
  32. 1 2 "Encisco Group." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.
  33. 1 2 3 "Glen Rose Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
  34. 1 2 "Example Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  35. 1 2 "Haman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 569.
  36. 1 2 "Hasandong Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
  37. 1 2 "Higuerueles Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
  38. 1 2 "Iouaridene Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543.
  39. 1 2 "Jindong Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 569.
  40. 1 2 "Katrol Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  41. 1 2 "Kcskehát Limestone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  42. 1 2 "Kem-Kem Beds." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
  43. 1 2 3 "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
  44. 1 2 "Kurek Svita Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 550.
  45. 1 2 "Lastres Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  46. 1 2 "Luchak Svita Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.
  47. 1 2 "Monte Grande Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560.
  48. ↑ "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
  49. 1 2 3 "Nemegt Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
  50. 1 2 "Oncala Group." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  51. 1 2 "Patuxent Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
  52. 1 2 "Phra Wihan Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 569.
  53. 1 2 3 "Purbeck Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558.
  54. 1 2 "Reuchenette Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
  55. 1 2 "Rio Limay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 602-3.
  56. 1 2 "Rupelo Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560.
  57. 1 2 "Sagog Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
  58. 1 2 "Saltwick Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538-539.
  59. 1 2 "Shirabad Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.
  60. 1 2 "Sousa Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 571.
  61. 1 2 "Tecocoyunca Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538.
  62. 1 2 "Terenes Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  63. ↑ J. Jenny and J.-A. Jossen. (1982). Découverte d'empreintes de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Jurassique inférieur (Pliensbachien) du Haut-Atlas central (Maroc) [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of the central High Atlas (Morocco)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, Série II294:223-226.
  64. ↑ Tizi-n-Aït tracksite at the Paleobiology Database.
  65. 1 2 "Tremp Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591-2.
  66. 1 2 "Uhangri Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 600.
  67. 1 2 "Vega Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  68. 1 2 "Villar del Arzobispo Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
  69. 1 2 "Wagad Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  70. 1 2 "White Limestone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 540.
  71. 1 2 3 "Winton Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 606.
  72. 1 2 "Zorillo Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538.

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