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| type = [[Geological formation]]
| age = [[Late Cretaceous]]
| period = Late Cretaceous
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The '''Vermillion River Formation''' is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[Manitoba]], [[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>

==Vertebrate paleofauna==
{| class="wikitable" align="center" 
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! colspan="7" align="center" |'''[[Dinosaur]]s of the Vermillion River Formation'''
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! Genus
! Species
! Location
! Stratigraphic position
! Abundance
! Description
! Images
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''[[Hesperornis]]''<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
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''H. regalis''<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
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[[File:Hesperornis BW (white background).jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Hesperornis]]'']]
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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]]

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imported>Favonian: Reverted edits by こうた つるまち (talk) to last version by CommonsDelinker

imported>Favonian: Reverted edits by こうたつるまち (talk) to last version by CommonsDelinker