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{{Short description|Canadian geological formation}}
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| age = [[Late Cretaceous]]
| period = Late Cretaceous
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{{for|the New Mexican formation with an Allison Member|Menefee Formation}}
{{one source|date=December 2021}}
The '''Allison Formation''' is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]] whose strata date back to the [[Late Cretaceous]]. Dinosaur remains are among the [[fossils]] that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">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}}.</ref>

==Paleobiota==
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{| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%"
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! colspan="7" align="center" |'''[[Dinosaur]]s of the Allison Formation'''
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! Genus
! Species
! Location
! Stratigraphic position
! Abundance
! Description
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''[[Montanoceratops]]''<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
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Indeterminate<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
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|''[[Orodromeus]]''<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
|''O. minimus''<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
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|Originally a species of ''[[Laosaurus]]'' (''L. minimus'').<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
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==See also==
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Paleontology|Dinosaurs||}}
* [[List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations]]

==References==
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[[Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of North America]]
[[Category:Campanian Stage]]
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