Mowry Shale
| Mowry Shale Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Johnson County, Wyoming |
| Type section | |
| Named by | N. H. Darton in 1904 |
The Mowry Shale is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation. The formation was named for Mowrie Creek, northwest of Buffalo in Johnson County, Wyoming.[1] The Mowry outcrops or occurs at depth in parts of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. It occurs within the following geologic regions:[1]
- Big Horn Basin
- Central Montana Uplift
- Chadron Arch
- Denver Basin
- Green River Basin
- Montana Fold Belt
- North Park Basin
- Powder River Basin
- Sweetgrass Arch
- Uinta Uplift
- Williston Basin
- Wind River Basin
- Yellowstone Province
Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mowry Shale
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.