The Marshalltown Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
| Marshalltown Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle to late Campanian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Wenonah Formation |
| Overlies | Englishtown Formation |
Dinosaurs known from the formation:[2][3]
- Hypsibema crassicauda
- Hadrosaurus sp.
- Nodosauridae indet.
- Dryptosaurus sp.
- Tyrannosauroidea indet.
- Dromeosauridae indet.
- Theropoda indet.
See also edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Brownstein, Chase D. (2018). "The distinctive theropod assemblage of the Ellisdale site of New Jersey and its implications for North American dinosaur ecology and evolution during the Cretaceous". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (6): 1115–1129. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.42. ISSN 0022-3360.
- ^ Brownstein, Chase D. (2018-02-08). "The biogeography and ecology of the Cretaceous non-avian dinosaurs of Appalachia". Palaeontologia Electronica. 21 (1): 1–56. doi:10.26879/801. ISSN 1094-8074.
References edit
- 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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