List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils

This is a list of stratigraphic units dinosaur body fossils have been recovered from. Although Dinosauria is a clade which includes modern birds, this article covers only Mesozoic stratigraphic units. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).

By diversity

Here the units are sorted by the number of genera that have been reported as being represented in their respective fossil yields. Since the creation or synonymy of genera can be subjective, the sorting of the units can only roughly approximate their known paleobiodiversities.

>20

Name	Age	Location	Description
Bissekty Formation[1]	Late Turonian to Coniacian[1]	Uzbekistan	Description
Cedar Mountain Formation[2]	Barremian to basal Cenomanian	USA	Description
Dinosaur Park Formation[3]	Late Campanian[3]	Canada[3]	Description
Djadochta Formation[4]	Middle Campanian[4]	China[4]  Mongolia[4]	has many alternate spellings
Elliot Formation[5]	Norian to Sinemurian	Lesotho[5]  South Africa[5]	Description
Hell Creek Formation[6]	Late Maastrichtian[6]	USA[6]	Description
Horseshoe Canyon Formation[7]	Early Maastrichtian[7]	Canada[7]	Description
Jiufotang Formation[8]	Aptian[8]	China[8]	Description
Judith River Formation[9]	Late Campanian[9]	USA[9]	Description
Lance Formation[10]	Late Maastrichtian[10]	USA[10]	Description
Morrison Formation[11]	Kimmeridgian to Early Tithonian	USA[11]	Description
Nemegt Formation[12]	Early Maastrichtian[12]	Mongolia[12]	has a few alternate spellings
Shaximiao Formation[13]	Bathonian to basal Oxfordian	China[13]	Description
Two Medicine Formation[14]	Campanian[14]	USA[14]	Description
Wessex Formation[15]	Barremian[15]	UK[15]	Description
Yixian Formation[16]	Barremian[16]	China[16]	Description

11-20

Name	Age	Location	Description
Aguja Formation[17]	Campanian[17]	Mexico[18]  USA[17]	Description
Barun Goyot Formation[19]	Middle Campanian (?)[19]	Mongolia	has a few alternate spellings
Bayan Shireh Formation[20]	Cenomanian to Santonian[20]	Mongolia	has many alternate spellings
Frenchman Formation[21]	Late Maastrichtian[21]	Canada[21]	Description
Hastings Beds[22]	Late Berriasian to Valanginian[22]	UK[22]	Description
Iren Dabasu Formation[23]	?Campanian[23]	China[23]	Description
Kimmeridge Clay[24]	Kimmeridgian to Late Tithonian[24]	UK[24]	Description
Kirtland Formation[25]	Late Campanian[25] to Early Maastrichtian[26]	USA[26]	Description
Lameta Formation[27]	Late Maastrichtian	India	Description
Laramie Formation[28]	Late Maastrichtian[28]	USA[28]	Description
Lower Lufeng Series[29]		China[29]	Description
Oldman Formation[30]	Late Campanian[30]	Canada[30]	Description
Oxford Clay[31]	Callovian[31]	UK[31]	Description
Scollard Formation[32]	Late Maastrichtian[32]	Canada[32]	Description
Tendaguru Formation[33]	Kimmeridgian[33]	Tanzania[33]	Description
Xinminbao Group[34]	Barremian to Albian[34]	China[34]	Description
Ferris Formation[35]		USA[35]	Description
Fruitland Formation[36]	Middle Campanian	USA[36]	Description
Rio Colorado Formation[37]	Campanian	Argentina[37]	Description

6-10

Name	Age	Location	Description
Allen Formation[38]	Middle Campanian[38]	Argentina[38]	Description
Almond Formation[39]			Description
Anacleto Formation		Argentina	Description
Antlers Formation[40]	Late Aptian to Middle Albian[40]	USA[40]	Description
Aréen Formation[41]			Description
Arundel Clay[42]	Middle Aptian to Early Albian.[42]	USA
Baharija Formation[43]		Egypt	Description
Bajo Barreal Formation[44]	Cenomanian to Coniacian[44]	Argentina	Description
Bajo de la Carpa Formation		Argentina	Description
Bauxite of Cornet[45]			Description
Bayan Mandahu Formation			Description
Calizas de La Huergina Formation[46]			Description
Camadas de Alcobaça[47]	Kimmeridgian[47]	Portugal	Description
Camadas de Guimarota[48]			Description
Castellar Formation[49]			Description
Chipping Norton Formation[50]			Description
Clarens Formation[51]	Sinemurian[51]	South Africa	Description
Cloverly Formation[52]	Late Aptian[52]	USA	Description
Denver Formation[53]	Maastrichtian[53]	USA	Description
Elrhaz Formation[54]	Late Aptian[54]	Niger[54]	Description
Foremost Formation[55]		Canada	Description
Forest Marble Formation[56]			Description
Gosau Formation[57]	Campanian[57]	Austria[57]	Description
Gres a reptiles[58]	Early Maastrichtian[58]	France[58]	Description
Hornerstown Formation[59]			Description
Ischigualasto Formation[60]	Carnian[60]	Argentina[60]	Description
Kaiparowits Formation[61]	Late Campanian[61]	USA[61]	Description
Knollenmergel[62]		Germany   Switzerland	Description
Lecho Formation[63]			Description
Maevarano Formation[64]	Campanian[64]	Madagascar[64]	Description
Milk River Formation[65]	Early Campanian[65]	Canada	Description
Minhe Formation[66]			Description
Niobrara Chalk[67]	Coniacian to Early Campanian[67]	USA[67]	Description
Prince Creek Formation[68]			Description
Rio Neuquen Formation[69]			Description
Sânpetru Formation[70]	Late Maastrichtian[70]	Romania[70]	Description
Stubensandstein[71]	Middle Norian[71]	Germany[71]	Description
Tugulu Group[72]	?Valanginian to Albian[72]	China[72]	Description
Unidade Bombarral[73]			Description
Wangshi Group[74]			Description

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Indeterminate

This list include stratigraphic units that have produced dinosaur remains, although none of these remains have been referred to a specific genus.

By preservation

Bone beds and mass graves

Name	Age	Location	Description
Morrison Formation[11]	Time	USA	Description

Lagerstatten

Name	Age	Location	Description
Solnhofen limestone	Kimmeridgian[75]	Germany[75]	Description
Yixian Formation[16]	Barremian[16]	China[16]	Description

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

1. "Bissekty Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 594.
2. "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
3. "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.
4. "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.
5. "Elliot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528-529, 536.
6. "Hell Creek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 584-586.
7. "Horseshoe Canyon Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 577.
8. "Jiufotang Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 565-66.
9. "Judith River Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 583.
10. "Lance Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 585-586.
11. "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
12. "Nemegt Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
13. "Shaximiao Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 542, 550-1.
14. "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.
15. "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.
16. "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.
17. "Late Cretaceous; North America; Texas; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 581-582.
18. "Late Cretaceous; North America; Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588.
19. "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.
20. "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
21. "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
22. "Hastings Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 559.
23. "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.
24. "Kimmeridge Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 546.
25. "Lower Kirtland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580.
26. "Upper Kirtland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580-581.
27. "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
28. "Laramie Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 581.
29. "Lower Lufeng Series Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 534.
30. "Oldman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
31. "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.
32. "Scollard Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
33. "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
34. "Xinminbao Group Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 567.
35. "Ferris Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 585.
36. "Fruitland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580.
37. "Rio Colorado Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603-4.
38. "Late Cretaceous; South America; Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina; Allen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
39. "Almond Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 584.
40. "Early Cretaceous; North America; "Texas" and "Oklahoma;" Antlers Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
41. "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
42. "Early Cretaceous; North America; "Maryland" and "Washington, D.C.;" Arundel Clay)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
43. "Baharija Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
44. "Bajo Barreal Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 602.
45. "Bauxite of Cornet." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 562.
46. "Calizas de La Huergina Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561-62.
47. "Camadas de Alcobaça." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548-549.
48. "Camadas de Guimarota." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
49. "Castellar Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560-1.
50. "Chipping Norton Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538,540.
51. "Clarens Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 536.
52. "Cloverly Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
53. "Denver Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 581.
54. "Elrhaz Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 572.
55. "Foremost Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
56. "Forest Marble Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538-40.
57. "Gosau Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592.
58. "Gres a reptiles Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 589-90.
59. "Hornerstown Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 586.
60. "Ischigualasto Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
61. "Kaiparowits Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 579-80.
62. "Knollenmergel Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 524.
63. "Lecho Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
64. "Maevarano Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
65. "Milk River Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
66. "Minhe Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598-9.
67. "Niobrara Chalk Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582,586.
68. "Prince Creek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 587.
69. "Rio Neuquen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
70. "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.
71. "Stubensandstein Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 524.
72. "Tugulu Group Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 567.
73. "Unidade Bombarral." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548-9.
74. "Wangshi Group." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598, 600.
75. "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.

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.