Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs/formations

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Welcome to the Missing Dinosaur-Bearing Rock Formations List. There are quite a few formations that do not have articles on WikiPedia and if anyone is interested in creating pages (or expanding existing ones), fire away. Anyone able to add formations, either from red links or encountered while editing dinosaur articles, please do so.

The majority of the links come from a list prepared by Sheep81, off his own sub-page - the original list goes through to Late Cretaceous Period (pages have been created for some of these, since the creation of this list and some are possibly 'incorrect' links, which need alteration, rather than new articles):

A list of major dinosaur-bearing rock formations by location and age:

North America

• Dockum Group (Triassic)
  • Chinle Formation (late Triassic)
• Kayenta Formation (early Jurassic)
• Navajo Sandstone (early Jurassic)
• Newark Supergroup (Triassic-Jurassic)
  • Portland Formation (early Jurassic)
• Morrison Formation (late Jurassic)
• Antlers Formation (early Cretaceous)
• Cloverly Formation (early Cretaceous)
• Arundel Clay (early Cretaceous)
• Glen Rose Formation (late-early Cretaceous)
• Cedar Mountain Formation (late-early Cretaceous to early-late Cretaceous - basically mid-Cretaceous)
• Oldman Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Dinosaur Park Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Horseshoe Canyon Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Scollard Formation (Late Cretaceous - Late Maastrichtian)
• Kaiparowits Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Kirtland Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Aguja Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Niobrara Chalk (late Cretaceous)
• Two Medicine Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Judith River Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous - Late Maastrichtian)
• Lance Formation (Late Cretaceous - Late Maastrichtian)
• Coon Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous)
• Denver Formation (Late Cretaceous - Maastrichtian))
• Edmonton Formation (Late Cretaceous - Maastrichtian)
• Frenchman Formation(Late Cretaceous - Late Maastrichtian)
• Laramie Formation(Late Cretaceous - Late Maastrichtian)
• Paw Paw Formation
• Dakotah Formation
• St. Mary Formation

South America

• Santa Maria Formation (Argentina; late Triassic)
• Ischigualasto Formation (Argentina; late Triassic)
• Los Colorados Formation (Argentina; late Triassic)
• Cañadon Asfalto Formation (Argentina; middle Jurassic)
• Santana Formation (Brazil; early Cretaceous)
• La Amarga Formation (Argentina; early Cretaceous)
• Lohan Cura Formation (Argentina; early Cretaceous)
• Bauru Group (Brazil; late Cretaceous)
  • Adamantina Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Bajo Barreal Formation (Argentina; late Cretaceous)
• Neuquén Group (Argentina; late Cretaceous)
  • Candeleros Formation (late Cretaceous)
  • Huincul Formation (Argentina; late Cretaceous)
  • Cerro Lisandro Formation (late Cretaceous)
  • Portezuelo Formation (late Cretaceous)
  • Plottier Formation (late Cretaceous)
  • Bajo de la Carpa Formation (late Cretaceous)
  • Anacleto Formation (late Cretaceous)
• Malargüe Group (Argentina; late Cretaceous)
  • Allen Formation (late Cretaceous)

Europe

• Middle Stubensandstein (Germany; late Triassic)
• Lower Lias (Britain; early Jurassic)
• Oxford Clay (Britain; early Jurassic)
• Kimmeridge Clay (Britain; late Jurassic)
• Unidade Amoreira-Porto Novo (Portugal, late Jurassic)
• Camadas de Alcobaça (Portugal, late Jurassic)
• Purbeck Beds (Britain; early Cretaceous)
• Wealden Group (Britain; early Cretaceous)
  • Hastings Beds (early Cretaceous)
  • Weald Clay (early Cretaceous)
  • Wessex Formation (early Cretaceous)
• Csehbánya Formation Hungary
• Gosau Formation Austria
• Sânpetru Formation Romania

Asia

• Maleri Formation (India; Lower = late Triassic)
• Kota Formation (India; early Jurassic)
• Lower Lufeng Series (China; early Jurassic)
• Wucaiwan Formation (China; middle Jurassic)
• Dashanpu Formation (China; Lower = middle Jurassic; Upper = late Jurassic)
• Shishugou Formation (China; late Jurassic)
• Khukhtek Formation (Mongolia; early Cretaceous) - like most Mongolian formations, has MANY alternate spellings
• Tuchengzi Formation (China; early Cretaceous)
• Yixian Formation (China; early Cretaceous)
• Jiufotang Formation (China; early Cretaceous)
• Tugulu Group (China; early Cretaceous)
• Xinminbao Group (China; early Cretaceous)
• Dashuigou Formation (China; early Cretaceous)
• Ulansuhai Formation (China; early Cretaceous)
• Eijnhoro Formation (China; early Cretaceous)
• Sao Khua Formation (Thailand; early Cretaceous)
• Kitadani Formation (Japan; early Cretaceous)
• Udurchukan Formation (extreme eastern Russia; late Cretaceous) - also called Tsagayan Formation and correlated with the Yuliangze Formation which is immediately across the border in China)
• Lameta Formation (India; late Cretaceous)
• Bayan Shireh Formation (Mongolia; late Cretaceous) - has MANY MANY alternate spellings
• Djadokhta Formation (Mongolia; late Cretaceous) - has MANY alternate spellings
• Barun Goyot Formation (Mongolia; late Cretaceous) - has a few alternate spellings
• Nemegt Formation (Mongolia; late Cretaceous) - has a few alternate spellings
• Iren Dabasu Formation (China; late Cretaceous)

Africa

• Elliot Formation (southern Africa; Lower = late Triassic; Upper = early Jurassic)
• Clarens Formation (southern Africa; early Jurassic)
• Tendaguru Formation (Tanzania; late Jurassic)
• Tegana Formation (northern Africa; early Cretaceous)
• "Continental intercalaire" (northern Africa; early Cretaceous)
• Erlhaz Formation (northern Africa; early Cretaceous)
• Baharija Formation (northern Africa; late Cretaceous)
• Maevarano Formation (Madagascar; late Cretaceous)

Australia

• Allaru Formation (early Cretaceous)
• Winton Formation (early Cretaceous)
• Wonthaggi Formation (early Cretaceous)

Antarctica

• Mount Kirkpatrick Formation (Triassic - Middle Jurassic)
• Santa Marta Formation (Late Cretaceous)