Falling Creek Formation

Falling Creek Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic, Carnian
Type Formation
Unit of Doswell Group
Sub-units Poor Farm Member, Stagg Creek Member, Deer Creek Member
Underlies Newfound Formation
Overlies South Anna Formation
Thickness 2,000 ft (610 m)
Location
Region Virginia
Type section
Named for Falling Creek
Named by Weems

The Falling Creek Formation, also known as the Falling Creek Member, is a unit of Upper Triassic sedimentary rocks found in the Taylorsville Basin of Virginia. It forms the middle part of the Doswell Group, beneath the Newfound Formation and above the South Anna Formation.[1] This approximately 2,000 ft (610 m) thick unit is of middle Carnian age and has a varied lithology, consisting of sandstone, siltstone, shale, limestone and coal.[2] It was named after the Falling Creek near Ashland, Virginia. The type section is found in outcrops along the Stagg Creek in Hanover County.[3]

Dinosaurs

Archosaurs of the Falling Creek Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. D. kaltenbachi

References

  1. LeTourneau, P.M. (2003). "Stratigraphic Architecture and Paleomagnetic Reversal Stratigraphy of the Late Triassic Taylorsville Basin, Virginia and Maryland". In LeTourneau P.M. & Olsen P.E. The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America: Volume 2 (PDF). Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-12676-2. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. USGS. "Geologic Unit: Falling Creek". National Geologic Map Database. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. Luttrell, G.W. (1989). "Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Newark Supergoup of Eastern North America". U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1572: 59–60. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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