Newark Canyon Formation

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Newark Canyon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
RegionFlag of Nevada.svg  Nevada
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  US

The Newark Canyon Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Nevada [1] in the United States.

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Fossils

Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. These include a non-ankylosaurid ankylosaur (possibly nodosaurid), a non-hadrosaurid ornithopod, a primitive neoceratopsian, and a tyrannosauroid, all represented by teeth. Other dinosaur specimens are known but cannot be assigned to any specific clades due to their non-diagnostic nature. [2]

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Footnotes

  1. "Newark Canyon Formation". Western Cordillera. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. Carrano, Matthew T. (2025-05-09). "First report of ceratopsians and tyrannosauroids (Dinosauria) in the Newark Canyon Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Nevada". Journal of Paleontology: 1–14. doi:10.1017/jpa.2025.4. ISSN   0022-3360.

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