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Ferris

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

The Ferris Formation is a Late 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. Dinosaur remains are fragmentary, but include Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, dromaeosaurids, Paronychodon, Richardoestesia, Edmontosaurus, Edmontonia, Ankylosaurus, and Pachycephalosaurus.

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