List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

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This is a partial list of Dinosaur-Bearing Rock Formations.

1 Body fossil sites
2 Mass graves
3 Nest sites
4 Track sites
5 See also
6 Footnotes
7 References
8 External links

Body fossil sites

Name	Age	Location	Decription	Images
Adamantina Formation^[1]	8 Upper Cretaceous Cenomanian to Campanian^[1]	South America Brazil^[1]	Description	Picture
Aguja Formation^[2]	8 Upper Cretaceous: 5 Campanian^[2]	North America Mexico^[3] United States^[2]	Description	Picture
Allaru Formation^[4]	7 Lower Cretaceous Albian^[4]	Australasia Australia^[4]
Allen Formation^[5]	8 Upper Cretaceous Middle Campanian^[5]	South America Argentina^[5]	Description	Picture
Anacleto Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Antlers Formation^[6]	7 Lower Cretaceous Late Aptian to Middle Albian^[6]	North America United States^[6]	Description	Picture
Argana Formation^[7]	3 Upper Triassic Middle Carnian	Africa Morocco	Description	Picture
Arundel Clay^[8]	7 Lower Cretaceous	North America United States		Picture
Baharija Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Africa Egypt	Description	Picture
Bajo Barreal Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Bajo de la Carpa Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Barun Goyot Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 5 Mid to Late Campanian	Asia Mongolia	has a few alternate spellings	Picture
Bauru Group	8 Upper Cretaceous	South America Brazil	Description	Picture
Bayan Shireh Formation - has many alternate spellings	8 Upper Cretaceous	Asia Mongolia	Description	Picture
Bissekty Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Asia Uzbekistan	Description	Picture
Bushveld Sandstone Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Africa South Africa	Description	Picture
Camadas de Alcobaça	6 Upper Jurassic	Europe Portugal	Description	Picture
Cañadon Asfalto Formation	5 Middle Jurassic	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Candeleros Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Caturrita Formation	3 Upper Triassic	South America Brazil	Description	Picture
Cedar Mountain Formation	Lower Cretaceous: Barremian to basal Cenomanian	North America United States	Description	Cedar Mountain formation (above).
Cerro Lisandro Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Place	Description	Picture
Chinle Formation	3 Upper Triassic	North America United States	Description	Picture
Clarens Formation	4 Lower Jurassic	Africa South Africa	Description	Picture
Cloverly Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous: Aptian to Albian	North America United States	Description	Cloverly formation.
Continental intercalaire	7 Lower Cretaceous	northern Africa;	Description	Picture
Cooper Canyon Formation	3 Upper Triassic	North America United States	Description	Picture
Csehbánya Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: Santonian	Hungary	Description	Picture
Dakota Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: Cenomanian	North America United States	Description	Dakota formation.
Daohugou Beds	[[5 Middle Jurassic\|Middle]] or Late Jurassic?	Asia China	Description	Picture
Dashanpu Formation	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia China	Description	Picture
Dashuigou Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Asia China	Description	Picture
Demopolis Chalk Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	North America United States	Description	Demopolis Chalk Formation
Denver Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 6 Upper Maastrichtian	North America United States	Description	Picture
Dinosaur Park Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 5 Mid to late Campanian	North America Canada	Description	Dinosaur Park formation.
Djadochta Formation	latest Santonian to 5 early Campanian	Asia Mongolia	has many alternate spellings	Djadochta formation.
Dockum Group Triassic	Time	North America United States	Description	Picture
Eijnhoro Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Asia China	Description	Picture
El Tranquilo Formation	3 Upper Triassic	southern Argentina	Description	Picture
Elliot Formation	uppermost Triassic - lowermost Jurassic	southern Africa;	Description	Picture
Elrhaz Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	northern Africa;	Description	Picture
Feuerletten Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Fleming Fjord Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Greenland	Description	Picture
Forest Sandstone	Lower Jurassic	Africa	Description
Frenchman Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 6 upper Maastrichtian	Saskatchewan, Canada	Description	Picture
Glen Rose Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous: Albian	Place	Description	Picture
Gres a Avicula contorta	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Gres a reptiles	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Gres de l'Infralias	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Gosau Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Austria	Description	Gosau formation.
Hastings Beds	7 Lower Cretaceous	Weald of Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire	Description	Picture
Heiberg Formation	3 Upper Triassic	North America:	Description	Picture
Hell Creek Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: Upper 6 Maastrichtian	Place	Description	Hell Creek formation.
Horseshoe Canyon Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: uppermost 5 Campanian to 6 lowermost Maastrichtian]]	Place	Description	Horseshoe Canyon formation.
Huincul Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Irati Formation	Permian	South America Brazil	Description	Picture
Iren Dabasu Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Asia China	Description	Picture
Ischigualasto Formation	3 Upper Triassic	South America Argentina	Description	Ischigualasto formation.
Jiufotang Formation	early Aptian	China	Description	Picture
Judith River Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 5 Mid to late Campanian	Montana	Description	Picture
Kaiparowits Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 5 Campanian	Place	Description	Picture
Kayenta Formation	Lower Jurassic	Place	Description	Kayenta formation.
Khukhtek Formation - like most Mongolian formations, has many alternate spellings	7 Lower Cretaceous	Mongolia;	Description	Picture
Kimmeridge Clay	6 Upper Jurassic	Britain	Description	Picture
Kirtland Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 5 upper Campanian		Description	Picture
Kitadani Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Japan;	Description	Picture
Knollenmergel	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Kota Formation	4 Lower Jurassic	India;	Description	Picture
La Amarga Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Laguna Colorada Formation	3 Upper Triassic	South America	Description	Picture
Lameta Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	India;	Description	Picture
Lance Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: upper 6 Maastrichtian	Place	Description	Lance formation.
Laramie Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: upper 6 Maastrichtian	Place	Description	Laramie formation.
Lohan Cura Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Los Colorados Formation	3 Upper Triassic	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Lossie Mouth Sandstone Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Blue Lias Formation	4 Lower Jurassic	south England	Description	Blue Lias formation.
Lower Lufeng Series	4 Lower Jurassic	China;	Description	Picture
Maevarano Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Madagascar;	Description	Picture
Magnesian Conglomerate	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Malargüe Group	8 Upper Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
Maleri Formation	lower 3 Upper Triassic	India	Description	Picture
Marnes Irisees Superieures Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Middle Stubensandstein	3 Upper Triassic	Germany	Description	Picture
Milk River Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: Santonian	Place	Description	Picture
Mooreville Chalk Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	North America:	Description	Picture
Morrison Formation	Time	6 Upper Jurassic: upper Oxfordian to lower Tithonian	Description	Morrison formation.
Mount Kirkpatrick Formation	Triassic - 5 Middle Jurassic	Antarctica
Mpandi Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Africa	Description	Picture
Nam Phong Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Asia	Description	Picture
Navajo Sandstone	4 Lower Jurassic	Place	Description	Navajo Sandstone.
Nemegt Formation - has a few alternate spellings	8 Upper Cretaceous	Mongolia;	Description	Picture
Neuquén Group	8 Upper Cretaceous	South America Argentina	Description	Picture
New Oxford Formation	3 Upper Triassic	North America:	Description	Picture
Newark Supergroup	3 Upper Triassic-4 Lower Jurassic	Place	Description	Picture
Niobrara Chalk	8 Upper Cretaceous: Coniacian to 5 lower Campanian	Place	Description	Picture
Obere Bunte Mergel	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Oldman Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 5 middle Campanian	Place	Description	Picture
Oxford Clay	5 Middle Jurassic	Britain	Description	Oxford Clay.
Paw Paw Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous: upper Albian		Description	Picture
Pekin Formation	3 Upper Triassic	North America:	Description	Picture
Plottier Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Place	Description	Picture
Portezuelo Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Place	Description	Picture
Portland Formation	4 Lower Jurassic	Place	Description	Portland Formation.
Purbeck Beds	Tithonian-Berriasian	southeast England	Description	Picture
Quebrada del Barro Formation	3 Upper Triassic	South America	Description	Picture
Rhaetic Beds	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Rhatsandtein	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Rio do Rastro Formation	Permian	South America Brazil	Description	Picture
Sanga do Cabral Formation	[[1 Lower Triassic]]	South America Brazil	Description	Picture
Sânpetru Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 6 Maastrichtian	Romania	Description	Picture
Santa Maria Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Argentina;	Description	Picture
Santa Maria Formation	3 Upper Triassic and 2 Middle Triassic	South America Brazil	Description	Picture
Santa Marta Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous	Antarctica
Santana Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Brazil;	Description	Picture
Sao Khua Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Thailand;	Description	Picture
Scollard Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: upper 6 Maastrichtian		Description	Scollard formation.
Shishugou Formation	6 Upper Jurassic	Asia China	Description	Picture
Solnhofen limestone	6 Upper Jurassic	Germany	Description	Picture
Snow Hill Island Formation	Late 5 Campanian to 6 Maastrichtian	Antarctica	Description	Picture
St. Mary Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: lowermost 6 Maastrichtian	Place	Description	Picture
Stubensandstein	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Tecovas Formation	3 Upper Triassic	North America:	Description	Picture
Tegana Formation	Lower Cretaceous	northern Africa;	Description	Picture
Tendaguru Formation	6 Upper Jurassic	Tanzania;	Description	Picture
Trossingen Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Tuchengzi Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Asia China	Description	Picture
Tugulu Group	7 Lower Cretaceous	Asia China	Description	Picture
Two Medicine Formation	8 Upper Cretaceous: 5 middle to upper Campanian		Description	Two Medicine formation.
Udurchukan Formation - also called Tsagayan Formation and correlated with the Yuliangze Formation which is immediately across the border in China	8 Upper Cretaceous	Eurasia Russia	Description	Picture
Ulansuhai Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Asia China	Description	Picture
Unidade Amoreira-Porto Novo	6 Upper Jurassic	Europe Portugal	Description	Picture
Upper Karoo Sandstone Formation	Lower Jurassic	Africa	Description
Vulcanodon Beds	Lower Jurassic	Africa	Description
Weald Clay	7 Lower Cretaceous	Europe UK	Description	Picture
Wealden Group	7 Lower Cretaceous	Europe UK	Description	Picture
Wessex Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Place	Description	Picture
Westbury Formation	3 Upper Triassic	Europe:	Description	Picture
Winton Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Australasia Australia
Wonthaggi Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous	Australasia Australia
Wucaiwan Formation	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia China	Description	Picture
Xinminbao Group	7 Lower Cretaceous	Asia China	Description	Picture
Yixian Formation	7 Lower Cretaceous Barremian - early Aptian	Asia China	Description	Sinosauropteryx fossil from the Yixian Formation.

Mass graves

Nest sites

Track sites

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous; South America; Estado do São Paulo, Brazil; Adamantina Formation)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 600-601.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous; North America; Texas; Aguja Formation)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 581-582.
^ "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous; North America; Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico; Aguja Formation)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous; Australasia; Queensland, Australia; Allaru Formation)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 574.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous; South America; Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina; Allen Formation)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous; North America; "Texas" and "Oklahoma;" Antlers Formation)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
^ "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic; Africa; Province de Marrakech, Morrocco; Argana Formation)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
^ "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous; North America; "Maryland" and "Washington D.C.;" Arundel Clay)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.

References

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

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