Turney Ranch Formation

Turney Ranch Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Arizona
Country	USA

The Turney Ranch Formation is a mid-Cretaceous geological formation in the United States. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. ^[1]

Dinosaurs

Sauropod

Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Sonorasaurus [2]	S. thompsoni	Whetstone Mountains of southeastern Arizona		A partial skeleton	A brachiosaurid sauropod

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Paleontology portal
• Dinosaurs portal

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

Footnotes

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. Ratkevich, R. (1998). "New Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur, Sonorasaurus thompsoni gen. et sp. nov, from Arizona". Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 31 (1): 71–82.

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN   0-520-24209-2.