Almond Formation

The Almond Formation is a geological formation in Wyoming whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Almond Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionNorth America

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs
Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs of the Almond Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Anchiceratops

Indeterminate

Represents a new genus and species of unnamed ceratopsid
Dromaeosaurus
Edmontonia
Edmontosaurus
Thescelosaurus

Dromaeosaurus[2]

Indeterminate[2]

Edmontonia[2]

Indeterminate[2]

Edmontosaurus[2]

Indeterminate[2]

Maiasaura[2]

Indeterminate[2]

Paronychodon[2]

P. lacustris[2]

Thescelosaurus[3]

Indeterminate[3]

Unnamed ceratopsid[4]

Unnamed

Misidentified as Anchiceratops, it is actually a new species of Pentaceratops-like form

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See also
  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes
  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
  3. Listed as "cf. Thescelosaurus sp." in "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
  4. Listed as "?Anchiceratops sp." in "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.

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.


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