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Wayan

51 occ. 21 taxa (3 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Wayan Formation is a geological formation in Idaho whose strata date back to the latest Early Cretaceous and the earliest Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur, other reptile, mammal, and micro and macro-floral remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. The lack of extensive outcrops, limited geographic extent, and extreme structural deformation have limited paleontological explorations of the Wayan.

Genera
3 genera
Oryctodromeus
Oryctodromeus
Dinosaurs
Valid 8 occ. · 106 Ma
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 121 Ma
Sauropelta
Sauropelta
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 121 Ma
Wayan
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Wayan Formation eggshell. Eggshell of the oogenus Macroelongatoolithus on a Wayan Formation outcrop. Image used courtesy of the USFS Paleontology Program © Laureljk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikipedia
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States 51
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 18
Crevasse splay 15
Fluvial indet. 9
Alluvial fan 5
Fluvial-deltaic indet. 2
Wet floodplain 1
dry floodplain 1
Top collectors
S. Robison 9
Montana State University 5
Museum of the Rockies 3
L. Krumenacker 2
Frank D. Maxwell 1
Laverne Sauers 1
F. Jackson 1
D. Varricchio 1
Collection activity by decade
1920s 1
1950s 1
2000s 24
2010s 7