Earth:Thomas Fork Formation
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| Thomas Fork Formation Stratigraphic range: Albian ~112–100 Ma | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 42°24′N 110°54′W / 42.4°N 110.9°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 42°24′N 66°42′W / 42.4°N 66.7°W |
| Region | Wyoming |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Thomas Fork Creek |
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The Thomas Fork Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Albian) geologic formation in Wyoming.[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.[2]
Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
- Vertebrates
- Dinosauria indet.[3]
- Osteichthyes indet.[3]
- Reptilia indet.[3]
- Testudines indet.[3]
- Invertebrates
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
- Dinosaur eggs
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
References
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B., ed (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- Dorr, J. A. Jr (1985). "Newfound Early Cretaceous dinosaurs and other fossils in southeastern Idaho and westernmost Wyoming". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27: 73–85.
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