- Denver Formation
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Denver Formation
Stratigraphic range:
Late Cretaceous - Paleocene, 65.5–65 MaType Geological formation Location Country 
USAThe Denver Formation is a geological formation in Colorado whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Contents
Vertebrate paleofauna
Ornithischians
Ornithischians reported from the Denver Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images C. arctatus[2]
"Fragmentary maxilla, vertebrae, fragmentary postcranial elements."[3]
Later found to be indeterminate hadrosaurid remains.[2]
Indeterminate[2]
Indeterminate[2]
P. mortuarius[2]
"Horn fragments, vertebrae."[4] (type specimen)
A dubious ceratopsian
T. galeus[2]
"Nasal horn core."[4]
A dubious ceratopsian
Indeterminate[2]
Saurischians
Saurischians of the Denver Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images A. mirandus[2]
Later found to be indeterminate tyrannosauroid remains.[2]
Tyrannosaurus rex
O. velox[2]
T. rex[2]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "3.4 Colorado, United States; 6. Denver Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 581.
- ^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
- ^ a b "Table 23.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 496.
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.
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