Oldman Formation
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The Oldman Formation is the middle member of the Judith River Group, a major geologic unit in southern Alberta. The formation is widely recognized as bearing a great number of well preserved dinosaur skeletons, as well as other fossils.
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[edit] Age
The Oldman Formation was deposited during the middle Campanian.
[edit] Relationship to other units
The formation is bounded by the Foremost Formation below and the Dinosaur Park Formation above. It lies fully within Chron 33n.
[edit] Paleontology
List of Dinosaurs (not including Aves) found in the formation:
- Anchiceratops
- Centrosaurus
- Chasmosaurus
- Corythosaurus
- Daspletosaurus
- Dromaeosaurus
- Euoplocephalus
- Gorgosaurus
- Gryposaurus
- Lambeosaurus
- Ornithomimus
- Parasaurolophus
- Richardoestesia
- Saurornitholestes
- Stegoceras
- Struthiomimus
- Styracosaurus
- Tetragonosaurus
- Troodon
[edit] See Also
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
[edit] References
D.A. Eberth. 1996. Origin and significance of mud-filled incised valleys (Upper Cretaceous) in southern Alberta, Canada. Sedimentology 43:459–477