Английская Википедия:Eutaw Formation

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Rockunit The Eutaw Formation is a geological formation in North America, within the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. The strata date from the late Coniacian to the early Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[1] It consists of the upper Tombigbee Sand Member and an unnamed lower member. Dinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur remains have been recovered from the Eutaw Formation.[2][3]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Mosasaurs

Mosasaurs of the Eutaw Formation
Taxa Species State Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Clidastes

Clidastes sp.[2]

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Eonatator sternbergii
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Platecarpus tympaniticus

Eonatator

E. sternbergii[2][4]

  1. E. sternbergii was formerly classified as Halisaurus sternbergii

Platecarpus

P. tympaniticus[2]

Selmasaurus

S. russelli[2]

Tylosaurus

Tylosaurus sp.[2]

Ornithodires

Dinosaur feathers have been found in the Ingersoll Shale of Georgia, which is a subunit of the Eutaw Formation.[3] Indeterminate hadrosaurid remains have been found in Mississippi.[5] Ornithomimosaurs of medium-size and large-size have also been unearthed in Mississippi.[6]

Ornithodires of the Eutaw Formation
Genus Species State Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Pteranodon

Indeterminate

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Pteranodon sp.

See also

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References

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