North Horn Formation

North Horn Formation
North Horn Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region North America

The North Horn Formation is a geological formation in Utah whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Pterodactyloid tracks present at an unnamed site. The specimens are kept at the Dinosaur Tracks Museum, of the University of Colorado at Denver.[2]

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Discredited taxon Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.
Vertebrates of the North Horn Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Alamosaurus[1]

A. sanjuanensis[1]

Pteraichnus[2]

Found at an unnamed site.[2]

Specimens kept at the Dinosaur Tracks Museum, of the University of Colorado at Denver.[2]

Torosaurus[1]

T. latus[1]

T. utahensis[1]

Tyrannosaurus[1]

T. rex[1]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612 - 4138.



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