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North Horn Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late CretaceousType 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 outdata are discredited.Vertebrates of the North Horn Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images 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]
T. latus[1]
T. utahensis[1]
T. rex[1]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Categories:- Cretaceous paleontological sites of North America
- Geography of Carbon County, Utah
- Geography of Emery County, Utah
- Paleontological site stubs
- Utah geography stubs
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