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Oldman

324 occ. 71 taxa (16 genera) 2 countries
Description

The Oldman Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous age that underlies much of southern Alberta, Canada. It consists primarily of sandstones that were deposited in fluvial channel and floodplain environments. It was named for exposures along the Oldman River between its confluence with the St. Mary River and the city of Lethbridge, and it is known primarily for its dinosaur remains and other fossils.

Genera
16 genera
Paronychodon
Paronychodon
Dinosaurs
Valid 16 occ. · 155 Ma
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia
Dinosaurs
Valid 6 occ. · 155 Ma
Troodon
Troodon
Dinosaurs
Valid 6 occ. · 84 Ma
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 5 occ. · 110 Ma
Saurornitholestes
Saurornitholestes
Dinosaurs
Valid 5 occ. · 84 Ma
Monoclonius
Monoclonius
Dinosaurs
Valid 4 occ. · 84 Ma
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 2 occ. · 84 Ma
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 2 occ. · 84 Ma
Chasmosaurus
Chasmosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 84 Ma
Prenoceratops
Prenoceratops
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 84 Ma
Euoplocephalus
Euoplocephalus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 84 Ma
Lambeosaurus
Lambeosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 84 Ma
Avaceratops
Avaceratops
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 84 Ma
Saurolophus
Saurolophus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 84 Ma
Hadrosaurus
Hadrosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 86 Ma
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 84 Ma
Oldman
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Brachylophosaurus canadensis (TMP 2005.000.0029), Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, 2025-07-13; cast, Campanian, from the Oldman Formation © Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikipedia
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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Belly River 215
Belly River / Upper 58
Belly River / Lower 30
Belly River / Middle 17
Belly River / Comrey Sandstone 1
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada 323
🇺🇸 United States 1
Depositional environments
Crevasse splay 139
Terrestrial indet. 118
Channel 30
Channel lag 26
Fine channel fill 7
Coarse channel fill 2
Estuary / bay 1
Fluvial indet. 1
Top collectors
B. Brown 19
D. Brinkman 15
Kaisen 13
Brown 12
E. Nicholls 11
J. Walper 11
B. McFeeters 10
P. Kaisen 9
C. Page 9
Johnson 6
P. J. Currie 5
L. Strong 4
Collection activity by decade
1900s 3
1910s 31
1920s 1
1930s 7
1950s 1
1960s 4
1970s 9
1980s 37
1990s 58
2000s 24
2010s 25