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]

Description

Cedar Mountain Formation[2]

Barremian to basal Cenomanian

Description

Dinosaur Park Formation[3]

Late Campanian[3]

Description

Djadochta Formation[4]

Middle Campanian[4]

has many alternate spellings

Elliot Formation[5]

Norian to Sinemurian Description

Hell Creek Formation[6]

Late Maastrichtian[6]

Description

Horseshoe Canyon Formation[7]

Early Maastrichtian[7]

Description

Jiufotang Formation[8]

Aptian[8]

Description

Judith River Formation[9]

Late Campanian[9]

Description

Lance Formation[10]

Late Maastrichtian[10]

Description

Morrison Formation[11]

Kimmeridgian to Early Tithonian Description

Nemegt Formation[12]

Early Maastrichtian[12]

has a few alternate spellings

Shaximiao Formation[13]

Bathonian to basal Oxfordian

Description

Two Medicine Formation[14]

Campanian[14]

Description

Wessex Formation[15]

Barremian[15]

Description

Yixian Formation[16]

Barremian[16]

Description

11-20

Name Age Location Description

Aguja Formation[17]

Campanian[17]

Description

Barun Goyot Formation[19]

Middle Campanian (?)[19]

has a few alternate spellings

Bayan Shireh Formation[20]

Cenomanian to Santonian[20]

has many alternate spellings

Frenchman Formation[21]

Late Maastrichtian[21]

Description

Hastings Beds[22]

Late Berriasian to Valanginian[22]

Description

Iren Dabasu Formation[23]

?Campanian[23]

Description

Kimmeridge Clay[24]

Kimmeridgian to Late Tithonian[24]

Description

Kirtland Formation[25]

Late Campanian[25] to Early Maastrichtian[26]

Description

Lameta Formation[27]

Late Maastrichtian Description

Laramie Formation[28]

Late Maastrichtian[28]

Description

Lower Lufeng Series[29]

Description

Oldman Formation[30]

Late Campanian[30]

Description

Oxford Clay[31]

Callovian[31]

Description

Scollard Formation[32]

Late Maastrichtian[32]

Description

Tendaguru Formation[33]

Kimmeridgian[33]

Description

Xinminbao Group[34]

Barremian to Albian[34]

Description

Ferris Formation[35]

Description

Fruitland Formation[36]

Middle Campanian

Description

Rio Colorado Formation[37]

Campanian

Description

6-10

Name Age Location Description

Allen Formation[38]

Middle Campanian[38]

Description

Almond Formation[39]

Description

Anacleto Formation

Description

Antlers Formation[40]

Late Aptian to Middle Albian[40]

Description

Aréen Formation[41]

Description

Arundel Clay[42]

Middle Aptian to Early Albian.[42]

Baharija Formation[43]

Description

Bajo Barreal Formation[44]

Cenomanian to Coniacian[44]

Description

Bajo de la Carpa Formation

Description

Bauxite of Cornet[45]

Description

Bayan Mandahu Formation

Description

Calizas de La Huergina Formation[46]

Description

Camadas de Alcobaça[47]

Kimmeridgian[47]

Description

Camadas de Guimarota[48]

Description

Castellar Formation[49]

Description

Chipping Norton Formation[50]

Description

Clarens Formation[51]

Sinemurian[51]

Description

Cloverly Formation[52]

Late Aptian[52]

Description

Denver Formation[53]

Maastrichtian[53]

Description

Elrhaz Formation[54]

Late Aptian[54]

Description

Foremost Formation[55]

Description

Forest Marble Formation[56]

Description

Gosau Formation[57]

Campanian[57]

Description

Gres a reptiles[58]

Early Maastrichtian[58]

Description

Hornerstown Formation[59]

Description

Ischigualasto Formation[60]

Carnian[60]

Description

Kaiparowits Formation[61]

Late Campanian[61]

Description

Knollenmergel[62]

Description

Lecho Formation[63]

Description

Maevarano Formation[64]

Campanian[64]

Description

Milk River Formation[65]

Early Campanian[65]

Description

Minhe Formation[66]

Description

Niobrara Chalk[67]

Coniacian to Early Campanian[67]

Description

Prince Creek Formation[68]

Description

Rio Neuquen Formation[69]

Description

Sânpetru Formation[70]

Late Maastrichtian[70]

Description

Stubensandstein[71]

Middle Norian[71]

Description

Tugulu Group[72]

?Valanginian to Albian[72]

Description

Unidade Bombarral[73]

Description

Wangshi Group[74]

Description

1-5

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 Description

Lagerstatten

Name Age Location Description

Solnhofen limestone

Kimmeridgian[75]

Description

Yixian Formation[16]

Barremian[16]

Description

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Bissekty Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 594.
  2. "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.
  5. 1 2 3 "Elliot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528-529, 536.
  6. 1 2 3 "Hell Creek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 584-586.
  7. 1 2 3 "Horseshoe Canyon Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 577.
  8. 1 2 3 "Jiufotang Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 565-66.
  9. 1 2 3 "Judith River Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 583.
  10. 1 2 3 "Lance Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 585-586.
  11. 1 2 3 "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
  12. 1 2 3 "Nemegt Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
  13. 1 2 "Shaximiao Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 542, 550-1.
  14. 1 2 3 "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.
  15. 1 2 3 "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.
  17. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.
  20. 1 2 "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
  21. 1 2 3 "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
  22. 1 2 3 "Hastings Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 559.
  23. 1 2 3 "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.
  24. 1 2 3 "Kimmeridge Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 546.
  25. 1 2 "Lower Kirtland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580.
  26. 1 2 "Upper Kirtland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580-581.
  27. "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  28. 1 2 3 "Laramie Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 581.
  29. 1 2 "Lower Lufeng Series Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 534.
  30. 1 2 3 "Oldman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
  31. 1 2 3 "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.
  32. 1 2 3 "Scollard Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
  33. 1 2 3 "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  34. 1 2 3 "Xinminbao Group Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 567.
  35. 1 2 "Ferris Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 585.
  36. 1 2 "Fruitland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580.
  37. 1 2 "Rio Colorado Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603-4.
  38. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Clarens Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 536.
  52. 1 2 "Cloverly Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
  53. 1 2 "Denver Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 581.
  54. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "Gosau Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592.
  58. 1 2 3 "Gres a reptiles Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 589-90.
  59. "Hornerstown Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 586.
  60. 1 2 3 "Ischigualasto Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
  61. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "Maevarano Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
  65. 1 2 "Milk River Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
  66. "Minhe Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598-9.
  67. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.
  71. 1 2 3 "Stubensandstein Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 524.
  72. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.

References

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