Earth:Cokedale Formation

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Short description: Geologic formation in the United States
Cokedale Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofLivingston Group
UnderliesMiner Creek Formation

The Cokedale Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in the 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]

The Cokedale Formation is the oldest unit of the Livingston Group.[2]

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Skipp, Betty and McGrew, L.W., 1972, The Upper Cretaceous Livingston Group of the western Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana, in Balster, C., Lynn, J., and Warne, J., eds., Crazy Mountains Basin: Montana Geological Society 21st Annual Geological Conference Guidebook, p. 99-106.

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.