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List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils

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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

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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

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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 Many in situ nesting sites of sauropods, designated UNESCO Global Geopark in 2018

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]

Zhoutian Formation[41] Turonian–early Coniacian Jiangxi

Zoumagang Formation[4]

Henan

Tracks

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See also

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Sources

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  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp; ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Blesa Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax "Example Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004).
  5. ^ a b c d "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.
  6. ^ a b c "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
  7. ^ a b c "Portland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
  8. ^ a b c "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.
  9. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.
  17. ^ a b "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
  18. ^ "Calizus de Lychnus Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
  19. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.
  26. ^ "Doshuul Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.
  27. ^ a b c "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.
  28. ^ a b c "Kaiparowits Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 579-80.
  29. ^ a b c "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
  30. ^ a b c "Laguna Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
  31. ^ "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  32. ^ a b c "Mooreville Chalk Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 587.
  33. ^ "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
  34. ^ a b c "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.
  35. ^ a b c "Purbeck Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558.
  36. ^ a b c "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
  37. ^ a b c "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  38. ^ a b c "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.
  39. ^ a b c "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.
  40. ^ a b c "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.
  41. ^ Zhu, Xufeng; Fang, Kaiyong; Wang, Qiang; Deng, Li; Liu, Yuchun; Wen, Jun; Wang, Xiaolin; Wang, Xuri (2021-05-04). "The first Similifaveoloolithidae (Wormoolithus luxiensis oogen. et oosp. nov.) from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, China". Historical Biology. 33 (5): 689–698. Bibcode:2021HBio...33..689Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1658093. ISSN 0891-2963.