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Ferris

120 occ. 19 taxa (6 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Ferris Formation is an Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene, fluvial-deltaic geological formation in southern Wyoming. It contains a variety of trace and body fossils, preserved in sandy fluvial channel deposits and overbank units. Diverse vertebrate fossils have been reported from the formation.

Genera
6 genera
Saurornitholestes
Saurornitholestes
Dinosaurs
Valid 14 occ. · 84 Ma
Paronychodon
Paronychodon
Dinosaurs
Valid 5 occ. · 155 Ma
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia
Dinosaurs
Valid 5 occ. · 155 Ma
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 3 occ. · 110 Ma
Triceratops
Triceratops
Dinosaurs
Valid 2 occ. · 84 Ma
Struthiomimus
Struthiomimus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 84 Ma
Ferris
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Gren River Basin Stratigraphic Column © Stephen B. Roberts · Public domain · Wikipedia
Ferris
Ferris
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States 120
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 111
Channel 7
Fluvial-lacustrine indet. 2