Almond Formation
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The Almond Formation is a geological formation of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian[1]) age in Wyoming. It was deposited in marsh, deltaic, lagoonal, estuarine, and shallow marine environments along the western shore of the Western Interior Seaway. It consists primarily of fine- to medium-grained sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal.[2] Fossils from the Almond Formation include remains of dinosaurs[3] and plants.[4]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
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Indeterminate |
Represents a new genus and species of unnamed ceratopsid |
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Indeterminate[5] |
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Indeterminate[5] |
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Indeterminate[5] |
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Indeterminate[5] |
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P. lacustris[5] |
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| Saurolophus[6] | S. sp. | One specimen (AMNH 3651) consisting of partial cranial and postcranial remains, as well as skin impressions | ||||
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Indeterminate[7] |
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Unnamed chasmosaurine ceratopsid[8] |
Unnamed |
Misidentified as Anchiceratops, it is actually a new species of Pentaceratops-like form that is the sister taxon to Bisticeratops.[9] Holotype was discovered in 1937. | ||||
Other vertebrates
Non-dinosaur vertebrates found in the Almond Formation include crocodyliforms (indet.), turtles (Adocus cf. and Basilemys cf.), and ray-finned fish (Ichthyodectidae indet.).[10]
See also
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Footnotes
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- ↑ Kieft, R.L., Hampton, G.J., Jackson, C.A.-L., and Larsen, E., 2011. Stratigraphic architecture of a net-transgressive marginal- to shallow-marine succession: Upper Almond Formation, Rock Springs Uplift, Wyoming, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 81, p. 513-533.
- ↑ 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. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Stockey, R.A., Rothwell, G.W., and Johnson, K.R., 2007. Cobbania corrugata gen. et. comb. nov. (Araceae): A floating aquatic monocot from the Upper Cretaceous of western North America. American Journal of Botany, vol. 94, no. 4, p. 609-624.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
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- ↑ a b Listed as "cf. Thescelosaurus sp." in "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
- ↑ Listed as "?Anchiceratops sp." in "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
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References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. Template:ISBN.
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