List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils

This is a list of stratigraphic units from which dinosaur body fossils have been recovered. Although Dinosauria is a clade which includes modern birds, this article covers only Mesozoic stratigraphic units. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).

By diversity

Here the units are sorted by the number of genera that have been reported as being represented in their respective fossil yields. Since the creation or synonymy of genera can be subjective, the sorting of the units can only roughly approximate their known paleobiodiversities.

>10

Name	Age	Location	Description
Aguja Formation[1]	Campanian[1]	Mexico[2]  USA[1]
Allen Formation		Argentina
Barun Goyot Formation[3]	Middle Campanian (?)[3]	Mongolia	has a few alternate spellings
Bayan Mandahu Formation		China
Bayan Shireh Formation[4]	Cenomanian to Santonian[4]	Mongolia	has many alternate spellings
Bissekty Formation[5]	Late Turonian to Coniacian[5]	Uzbekistan
Cedar Mountain Formation[6]	Barremian to basal Cenomanian	USA
Cerro Barcino Formation		Argentina
Dinosaur Park Formation[7]	Late Campanian[7]	Canada[7]
Djadochta Formation[8]	Middle Campanian[8]	China[8]  Mongolia[8]	has many alternate spellings
Elliot Formation[9]	Norian to Sinemurian	Lesotho[9]  South Africa[9]
Ferris Formation[10]	Late Maastrichtian [11]	USA[10]
Frenchman Formation[12]	Late Maastrichtian[12]	Canada[12]
Grès supérieurs Formation		Laos
Hell Creek Formation[13]	Late Maastrichtian[13]	USA[13]
Horseshoe Canyon Formation[14]	Early Maastrichtian[14]	Canada[14]
Huincul Formation		Argentina
Iren Dabasu Formation[15]	?Campanian[15]	China[15]
Jiufotang Formation[16]	Aptian[16]	China[16]
Judith River Formation[17]	Late Campanian[17]	USA[17]
Kaiparowits Formation		USA
Kimmeridge Clay[18]	Kimmeridgian to Late Tithonian[18]	UK[18]
Kirtland Formation[19]	Late Campanian[19] to Early Maastrichtian[20]	USA[20]
Lameta Formation[21]	Late Maastrichtian	India
Lance Formation[22]	Late Maastrichtian[22]	USA[22]
Laramie Formation[23]	Late Maastrichtian[23]	USA[23]
Lourinha Formation		Portugal
Lufeng Formation[24]		China
Morrison Formation[25]	Kimmeridgian to Early Tithonian	USA[25]
Nanxiong Formation		China
Nemegt Formation[26]	Early Maastrichtian[26]	Mongolia[26]	has a few alternate spellings
Oldman Formation[27]	Late Campanian[27]	Canada[27]
Oxford Clay[28]	Callovian[28]	UK[28]
Rio Colorado Formation[29]	Campanian	Argentina[29]
Scollard Formation[30]	Late Maastrichtian[30]	Canada[30]
Shaximiao Formation[31]	Bathonian to basal Oxfordian	China[31]
Shishugou Formation		China
Tendaguru Formation[32]	Kimmeridgian[32]	Tanzania[32]
Tremp Formation		Spain
Trossingen Formation		Germany
Two Medicine Formation[33]	Campanian[33]	USA[33]
Wangshi Group[34]		China
Wapiti Formation	Early Campanian to Late Maastrichtian	Canada
Wessex Formation[35]	Barremian[35]	UK[35]
Yixian Formation[36]	Barremian[36]	China[36]
Xinminbao Group[37]	Barremian to Albian[37]	China[37]

6-10

Name	Age	Location	Description
Adamantina Formation[38]	Late Cretaceous [39][40]	Brazil
Allaru Formation[41]	Albian[41]	Australia[41]
Alcobaça Formation[42]	Kimmeridgian[42]	Portugal
Anacleto Formation		Argentina
Antlers Formation[43]	Late Aptian to Middle Albian[43]	USA[43]
Arcillas de Morella Formation		Spain
Arén Formation[44]		Spain
Arundel Clay[45]	Middle Aptian to Early Albian.[45]	USA
Baharija Formation[46]		Egypt
Bajo Barreal Formation[47]	Cenomanian to Coniacian[47]	Argentina
Bajo de la Carpa Formation		Argentina
Bauxite of Cornet[48]		Romania
Canadon Asfalto Formation		Argentina
Camadas de Guimarota[49]		Portugal
Candeleros Formation		Argentina
Castellar Formation[50]		Spain
Cerro del Pueblo Formation		Mexico
Chipping Norton Formation[51]		UK
Clarens Formation[52]	Sinemurian[52]	South Africa
Cloverly Formation[53]	Late Aptian[53]	USA
Csehbanya Formation		Hungary
Denver Formation[54]	Maastrichtian[54]	USA
Elrhaz Formation[55]	Late Aptian[55]	Niger[55]
Foremost Formation[56]		Canada
Great Oolite Group		UK
Gosau Group		Germany
Grünbach Formation[57]	Campanian[57]	Austria[57]
Griman Creek Formation		Australia
Gres a reptiles[58]	Early Maastrichtian[58]	France[58]
Hornerstown Formation[59]		USA
Ischigualasto Formation[60]	Carnian[60]	Argentina[60]
La Huérguina Formation[61]		Spain
Lecho Formation[62]		Argentina
Lianmuqin Formation		China
Maevarano Formation[63]	Campanian[63]	Madagascar[63]
Mata Amarilla Formation		Argentina
Milk River Formation[64]	Early Campanian[64]	Canada
Minhe Formation[65]		China
Portezuelo Formation		Argentina
Prince Creek Formation[66]		USA
Rio Neuquen Formation[67]		Argentina
Sânpetru Formation[68]	Late Maastrichtian[68]	Romania[68]
Sao Khua Formation[69]	Hauterivian to Valanginian[69]	Thailand[69]
Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation		England

1-5

Name	Age	Location	Description
Alagteeg Formation[70]	Late Cretaceous[70]	Mongolia
Alcântara Formation		Brazil
Ampthill Clay[71]		UK
Angostura Colorada Formation[72]		Argentina
Bayin-Gobi Formation[73]		China
Bungil Formation[74]		Australia
Bushveld Sandstone[75]		South Africa
Calcaire à Spatangues		France
Calcaire de Caen[76]		France
Cerro del Pueblo Formation		Mexico
Cerro Barcino Formation[77]		Argentina
Crato Formation	Brazil	Description
Ejinhoro Formation[78]		China
Fruitland Formation		USA
Hanson Formation	Late Sinemurian to Early Pliensbachian	Antarctica
Hekou Group		China
Huiquanpu Formation		China
Kayenta Formation[79]	Sinemurian to Pliensbachian	USA
Kitadani Formation[80]	Aptian to Albian[80]	Japan[80]
Klettgau Formation		Switzerland
La Amarga Formation[81]	Barremian[81]	Argentina[81]
Los Colorados Formation[82]	Norian[82]	Argentina[82]
Marnes a Belemnopsis latesulcatus Formation		France
Marnes de Dives		France
Romualdo Formation		Brazil
Snow Hill Island Formation		Antarctica
Sunjiawan Formation		China
Ulansuhai Formation[83]	Turonian	China[83]
Vectis Formation		UK
Wahweap Formation		USA
Winton Formation[84]	Cenomanian[84]	Australia[84]
Xiaoyan Formation		China
Xingezhuang Formation		China
Xinlong Formation		China
Xinpongnaobao Formation		China
Xintiangou Formation		China
Yuliangze Formation		China
Zhenzhuchong Formation		China
Ziliujing Formation		China

Indeterminate

This list includes stratigraphic units that have produced dinosaur remains, although none of these remains have been referred to a specific genus.

Name	Location	Description
Almond Formation[85]	USA	Description
Bahia Group[86]	Brazil	Description
Chari Formation[87]	India	Description
Chota Formation[88]	Peru	Description
Gres a Avicula contorta[89]	France	Description
Guichon Formation[90]	Uruguay	Description
Hornitos Formation[91]	Chile	Description
Kaladongar Formation[92]	India	Description
Kallankurichi Formation[93]	India	Description
Kilmaluag Formation[94]	Scotland	Description
Mahadek Formation[95]	India	Description
Marnes de Bleville[96]	France	Description
Patcham Formation[97]	India	Description
Rabekke Formation	Denmark
Sables de Breze	France	Description
Sables de Cherre[98]	France	Description
Sables et Gres a Trigonia gibbosa	France	Description
Tiki Formation[99]	India	Description
Valtos Sandstone Formation	Scotland	Description
Villigen Formation[100]	Switzerland	Description
Whitby Mudstone Formation[101]	UK	Description
Yacoraite Formation[102]	Argentina	Description

By preservation

Bone beds and mass graves

Name	Age	Location	Description
Morrison Formation[25]	Jurassic	USA

Lagerstatten

Name	Age	Location	Description
Solnhofen limestone	Kimmeridgian[103]	Germany[103]
Yixian Formation[36]	Barremian[36]	China[36]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

1. "Late Cretaceous; North America; Texas; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 581-582.
2. "Late Cretaceous; North America; Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588.
3. "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.
4. "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
5. "Bissekty Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 594.
6. "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
7. "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.
8. "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.
9. "Elliot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528-529, 536.
10. "Ferris Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 585.
11. Hartman, Joseph Herbert; Johnson, Kirk R.; Nichols, Douglas J. (2002). The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous. Geological Society of America. ISBN 9780813723617.
12. "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
13. "Hell Creek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 584-586.
14. "Horseshoe Canyon Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 577.
15. "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.
16. "Jiufotang Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 565-66.
17. "Judith River Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 583.
18. "Kimmeridge Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 546.
19. "Lower Kirtland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580.
20. "Upper Kirtland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580-581.
21. "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
22. "Lance Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 585-586.
23. "Laramie Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 581.
24. "Lower Lufeng Series Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 534.
25. "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
26. "Nemegt Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
27. "Oldman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
28. "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.
29. "Rio Colorado Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603-4.
30. "Scollard Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
31. "Shaximiao Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 542, 550-1.
32. "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
33. "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.
34. "Wangshi Group." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598, 600.
35. "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.
36. "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.
37. "Xinminbao Group Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 567.
38. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 600-604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
39. Turner, A.H.; Calvo, J.O. (2005). "A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 87–98. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0087:ANSCFT]2.0.CO;2.
40. Marco Brandalise de Andrade; Reinaldo J. Bertini (2008). "A new Sphagesaurus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Notosuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Monte Alto City (Bauru Group, Brazil), and a revision of the Sphagesauridae". Historical Biology. 20 (2): 101–136. doi:10.1080/08912960701642949.
41. "Early Cretaceous; Australasia; Queensland, Australia; Allaru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 574.
42. "Camadas de Alcobaça." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548-549.
43. "Early Cretaceous; North America; "Texas" and "Oklahoma;" Antlers Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
44. "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
45. "Early Cretaceous; North America; "Maryland" and "Washington, D.C.;" Arundel Clay)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
46. "Baharija Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
47. "Bajo Barreal Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 602.
48. "Bauxite of Cornet." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 562.
49. "Camadas de Guimarota." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
50. "Castellar Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560-1.
51. "Chipping Norton Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538,540.
52. "Clarens Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 536.
53. "Cloverly Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
54. "Denver Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 581.
55. "Elrhaz Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 572.
56. "Foremost Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
57. "Gosau Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592.
58. "Gres a reptiles Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 589-90.
59. "Hornerstown Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 586.
60. "Ischigualasto Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
61. "La Huergina Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561-62.
62. "Lecho Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
63. "Maevarano Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
64. "Milk River Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576.
65. "Minhe Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598-9.
66. "Prince Creek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 587.
67. "Rio Neuquen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
68. "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.
69. "Sao Khua Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 569.
70. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
71. "Ampthill Clay." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 546.
72. "Angostura Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
73. "Bayin-Gobi Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
74. "Bungil Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 573.
75. "Bushveld Sandstone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 535, 528.
76. "Calcaire de Caen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
77. "Cerro Barcino Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 571.
78. "Ejinhoro Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
79. "Kayenta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
80. "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
81. "La Amarga Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 571.
82. "Los Colorados Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
83. "Ulansuhai Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
84. "Winton Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 606.
85. "Almond Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 584.
86. Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
87. "Chari Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
88. Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 600.
89. "Gres a Avicula contorta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 523.
90. "Guichon Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 601.
91. "Los Hornitos Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 602.
92. "Kaladongar Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
93. "Kallankurichi Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 593-600.
94. Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538.
95. "Mahadek Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
96. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
97. "Patcham Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
98. Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
99. "Tiki Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 525.
100. "Villigen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
101. "Whitby Mudstone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 533.
102. "Yacoraite Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
103. "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.