Thomas Fork Formation

Thomas Fork Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian ~112–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	42.4°N 110.9°W / 42.4; -110.9
Approximate paleocoordinates	42.4°N 66.7°W / 42.4; -66.7
Region	Wyoming
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Thomas Fork Creek
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The Thomas Fork Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Albian) geologic formation in Wyoming.[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.[2]

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]

Vertebrates

• Dinosauria indet.[3]
• Osteichthyes indet.[3]
• Reptilia indet.[3]
• Testudines indet.[3]

Invertebrates

• Bivalves[3]
• Gastropoda indet.[3]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
    • Dinosaur eggs

References

1. Thomas Fork Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
3. Dorr Jr., 1985

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
• Dorr, J. A. Jr (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.