Thomas Fork Formation
The Thomas Fork Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Albian) geologic formation in Wyoming.[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.[2]
| Thomas Fork Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 42.4°N 110.9°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 42.4°N 66.7°W |
| Region | Wyoming |
| Country |  United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Thomas Fork Creek |
  Thomas Fork Formation (the United States)  Thomas Fork Formation (Wyoming) | |
See also
References
- Thomas Fork Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- Dorr Jr., 1985
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- Dorr Jr, J. A. 1985. Newfound Early Cretaceous dinosaurs and other fossils in southeastern Idaho and westernmost Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27. 73-85. .
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