List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils

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

Coprolites

Name Age Country Province/State Description

Aguja Formation[1]

Campanian[1]

Chihuahua
Texas

Blesa Formation[3]

 Early Cretaceous Teruel

Cerroa del Pueblo Formation[4]

 Late Cretaceous Coahuila

Dinosaur Park Formation[5]

Late Campanian[5]

 Alberta

Frenchman Formation[6]

Late Maastrichtian[6]

 Saskatchewan

Portland Formation[7]

Pliensbachian to Toarcian[7]

 Connecticut
Massachusetts

Sânpetru Formation[8]

Late Maastrichtian[8]

 Brasov județ

Wealden Group[4]

 Early Cretaceous England

Whitemud Formation[4]

 Maastrichtian Alberta

Eggs or nests

Name Age Country Province/State Description

Allen Formation[9]

Middle Campanian[9]

 Mendoza
Neuquén
Río Negro

Allison Formation[10]

 Alberta

Anacleto Formation

 Mendoza
Neuquén
Río Negro
Buenos Aires

Angostura Colorada Formation[11]

Ankarafantsika Formation[12]

 Mahajanga

Aréen Formation[13]

 Late Cretaceous Huesca

Asencio Formation[14]

Bagua Formation[15]

Bajo de la Carpa Formation

 Neuquén
Río Negro

Barun Goyot Formation[16]

Middle Campanian (?)[16]

 Ömnögovi Province has a few alternate spellings

Bayan Shireh Formation[17]

Cenomanian to Santonian[17]

 has many alternate spellings

Blesa Formation[3]

 Early Cretaceous Teruel
La Rioja

Calizus de Lychnus Formation[18]

Camadas de Alcobaça[19]

Kimmeridgian[19]

Camadas de Guimarota[20]

 Late Jurassic

Camadas de Montejunto[21]

Camarillas Formation[4]

 Teruel
La Rioja

Castellar Formation[4]

 Teruel
La Rioja

Cedar Mountain Formation[22]

Barremian to basal Cenomanian

 Utah

Colorado Formation[23]

Dakota Formation[24]

 Nebraska

Dinosaur Park Formation[5]

Late Campanian[5]

 Alberta

Djadochta Formation[25]

Middle Campanian[25]

 has many alternate spellings

Doshuul Formation[26]

El Gallo Formation[4]

 Baja California

Fruitland Formation[4]

 Colorado
New Mexico

Gaogou Formation[4]

 Henan

Gres d'Alet Formation[4]

Hasandong Formation[4]

Ialovachsk Formation[4]

Intertrappean Beds[4]

 Andhra Pradesh

Iren Dabasu Formation[27]

?Campanian[27]

 Inner Mongolia

Jindong Formation[4]

 Zhejiang

Kaiparowits Formation[28]

Late Campanian[28]

 Utah

Kallanakurichi Formation[4]

 Tamil Nadu

Khodzhaosmansk Formation[4]

Kitadani Formation[29]

Aptian to Albian[29]

 Chūbu-chihō

Laguna Colorada Formation[30]

?Norian[30]

 Santa Cruz

Lameta Formation[31]

 Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra

Los Alamitos Formation[4]

 Río Negro Province

Los Blanquitos Formation[4]

 Salta

Manrakskaya Svita[4]

Marilia Formation[4]

 Minas Gerais

Marnes rouges de Roquelongue Formation[4]

 Aude

Marnes Rouges Inferieures Formation[4]

 Aude

Majiacun Formation

Meeteetse Formation[4]

 Wyoming

Mercedes Formation[4]

Mooreville Chalk Formation[32]

Early Maastrichtian[32]

 Alabama
Mississippi

Morrison Formation[33]

 Time Colorado
Wyoming

Nanchao Formation[4]

 Henan

Nichkesaisk Formation[4]

Oxford Clay[34]

Callovian[34]

 England

Patcham Formation[4]

 England

Purbeck Beds[35]

Berriasian[35]

 England

Quantou Formation[4]

 Jilin

Quxian Formation[4]

 Sichuan

Rio Colorado Formation[4]

 Neuquén
Río Negro Province

Sainshand Svita[4]

 Dornogovi Province

St. Mary River Formation[4]

 Alberta

Sangping Formation[4]

 Henan

Seonso Conglomerate Formation[4]

Shanyang Formation[4]

 Shaanxi

Sigou Formation[4]

 Sichuan

Solnhofen limestone[36]

Kimmeridgian[36]

 Bavaria

Stonesfield Slate[4]

 England

Subashi Formation[4]

 Xinjiang

Takli Formation[4]

Tangshang Formation[4]

 Hebei

Tendaguru Formation[37]

Kimmeridgian[37]

Thomas Fork Formation[4]

 Idaho

Tremp Formation[4]

 Huesca

Two Medicine Formation[38]

?Late Santonian to Late Campanian[38]

 Montana

Villalba de la Sierra Formation[4]

Vilquechico Formation[4]

Wahweap Formation[4]

 Arizona
Utah

Wangshi Group[4]

 Shandong

Wayan Formation[4]

 Idaho

Wessex Formation[39]

Barremian[39]

 England

Willow Creek Formation[4]

 Alberta

Yixian Formation[40]

Barremian[40]

 Liaoning

Yuanpu Formation[4]

 Guangdong

Zhaoyin Formation[4]

Zoumagang Formation[4]

 Henan

Tracks

See also

Source

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Late Cretaceous; North America; Texas; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 581-582.
  2. ↑ "Late Cretaceous; North America; Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588.
  3. 1 2 "Blesa Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 "Example Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004).
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.
  6. 1 2 3 "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
  7. 1 2 3 "Portland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
  8. 1 2 3 "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.
  9. 1 2 3 "Late Cretaceous; South America; Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina; Allen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
  10. ↑ "Allison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 577.
  11. ↑ "Angostura Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
  12. ↑ "Ankarafantsika Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
  13. ↑ "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
  14. ↑ "Asencio Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 601.
  15. ↑ "Bagua Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 600.
  16. 1 2 "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.
  17. 1 2 "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
  18. ↑ "Calizus de Lychnus Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
  19. 1 2 "Camadas de Alcobaça." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548-549.
  20. ↑ "Camadas de Guimarota." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
  21. ↑ "Camadas de Montejunto." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
  22. ↑ "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
  23. ↑ "Colorado Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
  24. ↑ "Dakota Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
  25. 1 2 "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.
  26. ↑ "Doshuul Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.
  27. 1 2 3 "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.
  28. 1 2 3 "Kaiparowits Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 579-80.
  29. 1 2 3 "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
  30. 1 2 3 "Laguna Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
  31. ↑ "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  32. 1 2 3 "Mooreville Chalk Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 587.
  33. ↑ "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
  34. 1 2 3 "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.
  35. 1 2 3 "Purbeck Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558.
  36. 1 2 3 "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
  37. 1 2 3 "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  38. 1 2 3 "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.
  39. 1 2 3 "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.
  40. 1 2 3 "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.


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