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Milk River

113 occ. 20 taxa (3 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Milk River Formation is a sandstone-dominated stratigraphic unit of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in southern Alberta, Canada. It was deposited in near-shore to coastal environments during Late Cretaceous time. Based on uranium-lead dating, palynology and stratigraphic relationships, deposition occurred between ~84.1 and 83.6 Ma.

Genera
3 genera
Paronychodon
Paronychodon
Dinosaurs
Valid 9 occ. · 155 Ma
Zapsalis
Zapsalis
Dinosaurs
Valid 5 occ. · 86 Ma
Kritosaurus
Kritosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 2 occ. · 86 Ma
Milk River
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Milk River
Milk River
Milk River
Milk River
Milk River
Milk River
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Deadhorse Coulee 105
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada 113
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 113
Top collectors
R. Fox 93
L. S. Russell 11
Collection activity by decade
1930s 11
1960s 1
1980s 1