Earth:Telegraph Creek Formation
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| Telegraph Creek Formation Stratigraphic range: Santonian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Montana |
| Country | United States |
The Telegraph Creek Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Montana, United States. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[1]
Fossil content
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Invertebrates
| Invertebrates reported from the Telegraph Creek Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic member | Material | Notes | Images |
| Sphenoceramus[2] |
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| Desmoscaphites[4] | D.bassleri | |||||
Vertebrates
| Vertebrates reported from the Telegraph Creek Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic member | Material | Notes | Images |
| Tylosaurus | T.proriger[5] | Skull | ||||
| Hadrosauridae[1] | indet | |||||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ Walaszczyk, Cobban, I, WA (2006). "Palaeontology and biostratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Coniacian and Santonian inoceramids of the US Western Interior". Acta Geologica Polonica 56 (3). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286250061_Palaeontology_and_biostratigraphy_of_the_Middle-Upper_Coniacian_and_Santonian_inoceramids_of_the_US_Western_Interior.
- ↑ "USGS 9625 (Cretaceous of the United States)". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=100155&is_real_user=.
- ↑ Landman, Neil H.; Cobban, William A. (2007-01-01). "Redescription of the Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) ammonite Desmoscaphites bassleri Reeside, 1927, from the Western Interior of North America". Rocky Mountain Geology 42 (2): 67–94. doi:10.2113/gsrocky.42.2.67. ISSN 1555-7332. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsrocky.42.2.67.
- ↑ Russell, D. A. (1964). "The Skull of American Mosasaurs". Columbia University.
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.
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