List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils

This is a list of stratigraphic units dinosaur trace fossils have been recovered from. Although Dinosauria is a clade which includes the descendant taxon Aves (modern birds), this article covers only stratigraphic units containing Mesozoic forms. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).

Coprolites

Name	Age	Country	Province/State
Aguja Formation^[1]	Campanian^[1]	Mexico^[2] United States^[1]	Chihuahua Texas
Blesa Formation^[3]	Early Cretaceous	Spain	Teruel
Cerroa del Pueblo Formation^[4]	Late Cretaceous	Mexico	Coahuila
Dinosaur Park Formation^[5]	Late Campanian^[5]	Canada	Alberta
Frenchman Formation^[6]	Late Maastrichtian^[6]	Canada^[6]	Saskatchewan
Portland Formation^[7]	Pliensbachian to Toarcian^[7]	United States^[7]	Connecticut Massachusetts
Sânpetru Formation^[8]	Late Maastrichtian^[8]	Romania^[8]	Brasov județ
Wealden Group^[4]	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom	England
Whitemud Formation^[4]	Maastrichtian	Canada	Alberta

Eggs or nests

Name	Age	Country	Province/State	Description
Allen Formation^[9]	Middle Campanian^[9]	Argentina^[9]	Mendoza Neuquén Río Negro
Allison Formation^[10]		Canada	Alberta
Anacleto Formation		Argentina	Mendoza Neuquén Río Negro Buenos Aires
Angostura Colorada Formation^[11]
Ankarafantsika Formation^[12]		Madagascar	Mahajanga
Aréen Formation^[13]	Late Cretaceous	Spain	Huesca
Asencio Formation^[14]
Bagua Formation^[15]
Bajo de la Carpa Formation		Argentina	Neuquén Río Negro
Barun Goyot Formation^[16]	Middle Campanian (?)^[16]	Mongolia	Ömnögovi Province	has a few alternate spellings
Bayan Shireh Formation^[17]	Cenomanian to Santonian^[17]	Mongolia		has many alternate spellings
Blesa Formation^[3]	Early Cretaceous	Spain	Teruel La Rioja
Calizus de Lychnus Formation^[18]
Camadas de Alcobaça^[19]	Kimmeridgian^[19]	Portugal
Camadas de Guimarota^[20]	Late Jurassic	Portugal
Camadas de Montejunto^[21]		Portugal
Camarillas Formation^[4]		Spain	Teruel La Rioja
Castellar Formation^[4]		Spain	Teruel La Rioja
Cedar Mountain Formation^[22]	Barremian to basal Cenomanian	United States	Utah
Colorado Formation^[23]		Argentina
Dakota Formation^[24]		United States	Nebraska
Dinosaur Park Formation^[5]	Late Campanian^[5]	Canada	Alberta
Djadochta Formation^[25]	Middle Campanian^[25]	Mongolia		has many alternate spellings
Doshuul Formation^[26]
El Gallo Formation^[4]		Mexico	Baja California
Fruitland Formation^[4]		United States	Colorado New Mexico
Gaogou Formation^[4]		China	Henan
Gres d'Alet Formation^[4]
Hasandong Formation^[4]		Republic of Korea
Ialovachsk Formation^[4]
Intertrappean Beds^[4]		India	Andhra Pradesh
Iren Dabasu Formation^[27]	?Campanian^[27]	China^[27]	Inner Mongolia
Jindong Formation^[4]		China	Zhejiang
Kaiparowits Formation^[28]	Late Campanian^[28]	United States^[28]	Utah
Kallanakurichi Formation^[4]		India	Tamil Nadu
Khodzhaosmansk Formation^[4]		Kyrgyzstan
Kitadani Formation^[29]	Aptian to Albian^[29]	Japan^[29]	Chūbu-chihō
Laguna Colorada Formation^[30]	?Norian^[30]	Argentina^[30]	Santa Cruz
Lameta Formation^[31]		India	Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra
Los Alamitos Formation^[4]		Argentina	Río Negro Province
Los Blanquitos Formation^[4]		Argentina	Salta
Manrakskaya Svita^[4]
Marilia Formation^[4]		Brazil	Minas Gerais
Marnes rouges de Roquelongue Formation^[4]		France	Aude
Marnes Rouges Inferieures Formation^[4]		France	Aude
Majiacun Formation
Meeteetse Formation^[4]		United States	Wyoming
Mercedes Formation^[4]		Uruguay
Mooreville Chalk Formation^[32]	Early Maastrichtian^[32]	United States^[32]	Alabama Mississippi
Morrison Formation^[33]	Time	United States	Colorado Wyoming
Nanchao Formation^[4]		China	Henan
Nichkesaisk Formation^[4]
Oxford Clay^[34]	Callovian^[34]	United Kingdom^[34]	England
Patcham Formation^[4]		United Kingdom	England
Purbeck Beds^[35]	Berriasian^[35]	United Kingdom^[35]	England
Quantou Formation^[4]		China	Jilin
Quxian Formation^[4]		China	Sichuan
Rio Colorado Formation^[4]		Argentina	Neuquén Río Negro Province
Sainshand Svita^[4]		Mongolia	Dornogovi Province
St. Mary River Formation^[4]		Canada	Alberta
Sangping Formation^[4]		China	Henan
Seonso Conglomerate Formation^[4]		Republic of Korea
Shanyang Formation^[4]		China	Shaanxi
Sigou Formation^[4]		China	Sichuan
Solnhofen limestone^[36]	Kimmeridgian^[36]	Germany^[36]	Bavaria
Stonesfield Slate^[4]		United Kingdom	England
Subashi Formation^[4]		China	Xinjiang
Takli Formation^[4]		South Africa
Tangshang Formation^[4]		China	Hebei
Tendaguru Formation^[37]	Kimmeridgian^[37]	Tanzania^[37]
Thomas Fork Formation^[4]		United States	Idaho
Tremp Formation^[4]		Spain	Huesca	Many in situ nesting sites of sauropods, designated UNESCO Global Geopark in 2018
Two Medicine Formation^[38]	?Late Santonian to Late Campanian^[38]	United States^[38]	Montana
Villalba de la Sierra Formation^[4]
Vilquechico Formation^[4]		Peru
Wahweap Formation^[4]		United States	Arizona Utah
Wangshi Group^[4]		China	Shandong
Wayan Formation^[4]		United States	Idaho
Wessex Formation^[39]	Barremian^[39]	United Kingdom^[39]	England
Willow Creek Formation^[4]		Canada	Alberta
Yixian Formation^[40]	Barremian^[40]	China^[40]	Liaoning
Yuanpu Formation^[4]		China	Guangdong
Zhaoyin Formation^[4]
Zhoutian Formation^[41]	Turonian–early Coniacian	China	Jiangxi
Zoumagang Formation^[4]		China	Henan

Tracks

Sources

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp; ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Late Cretaceous; North America; Texas; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 581-582.
^ "Late Cretaceous; North America; Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588.
^ ^a ^b "Blesa Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax "Example Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Portland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Late Cretaceous; South America; Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina; Allen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
^ "Allison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 577.
^ "Angostura Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.
^ "Ankarafantsika Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.
^ "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
^ "Asencio Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 601.
^ "Bagua Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 600.
^ ^a ^b "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.
^ ^a ^b "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
^ "Calizus de Lychnus Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
^ ^a ^b "Camadas de Alcobaça." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548-549.
^ "Camadas de Guimarota." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
^ "Camadas de Montejunto." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
^ "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
^ "Colorado Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
^ "Dakota Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
^ ^a ^b "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.
^ "Doshuul Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kaiparowits Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 579-80.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Laguna Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
^ "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mooreville Chalk Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 587.
^ "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Purbeck Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.
^ Zhu, Xufeng; Fang, Kaiyong; Wang, Qiang; Deng, Li; Liu, Yuchun; Wen, Jun; Wang, Xiaolin; Wang, Xuri (2021-05-04). "The first Similifaveoloolithidae (Wormoolithus luxiensis oogen. et oosp. nov.) from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, China". Historical Biology. 33 (5): 689–698. Bibcode:2021HBio...33..689Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1658093. ISSN 0891-2963.

[distribution-aguja-1] "Late Cretaceous; North America; Texas; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pp. 581-582.

[latecretaceous-distribution-aguja-2-2] "Late Cretaceous; North America; Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico; Aguja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588.

[distribution-Blesa-3] "Blesa Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.

[distribution-example-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax "Example Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004).

[distribution-DinosaurPark-5] "Dinosaur Park Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 576-78.

[distribution-Frenchman-6] "Frenchman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 578.

[distribution-Portland-7] "Portland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.

[distribution-Sanpetru-8] "Sânpetru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592-593.

[distribution-allen-9] "Late Cretaceous; South America; Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina; Allen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.

[distribution-Allison-10] "Allison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 577.

[distribution-Angostura-Colorada-11] "Angostura Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 603.

[distribution-Ankarafantsika-12] "Ankarafantsika Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 605.

[distribution-Areen-13] "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.

[distribution-Asencio-14] "Asencio Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 601.

[distribution-Bagua-15] "Bagua Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 600.

[distribution-BarunGoyot-16] "Barun Goyot Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595-597.

[distribution-BayanShireh-17] "Bayan Shireh Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.

[distribution-Calizus-de-Lychnus-18] "Calizus de Lychnus Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.

[distribution-CamadasdeAlcobaca-19] "Camadas de Alcobaça." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548-549.

[distribution-Camadas-de-Guimarota-20] "Camadas de Guimarota." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.

[distribution-Camadas-de-Montejunto-21] "Camadas de Montejunto." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.

[distribution-CedarMountain-22] "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.

[distribution-Colorado-23] "Colorado Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.

[distribution-Dakota-24] "Dakota Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.

[distribution-Djadochta-25] "Djadochta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-98.

[distribution-Doshuul-26] "Doshuul Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.

[distribution-IrenDabasu-27] "Iren Dabasu Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 598.

[distribution-Kaiparowits-28] "Kaiparowits Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 579-80.

[distribution-Kitadani-29] "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.

[distribution-LagunaColorada-30] "Laguna Colorada Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.

[distribution-Lameta-31] "Lameta Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.

[distribution-MoorevilleChalk-32] "Mooreville Chalk Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 587.

[distribution-Morrison-33] "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.

[distribution-OxfordClay-34] "Oxford Clay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 539-540.

[distribution-PurbeckBeds-35] "Purbeck Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558.

[distribution-Solnhofen-36] "Solnhofen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.

[distribution-Tendaguru-37] "Tendaguru Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.

[distribution-TwoMedicine-38] "Two Medicine Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 582-583.

[distribution-Wessex-39] "Wessex Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558-559.

[distribution-Yixian-40] "Yixian Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 566-567.

[Wormoolithus-41] Zhu, Xufeng; Fang, Kaiyong; Wang, Qiang; Deng, Li; Liu, Yuchun; Wen, Jun; Wang, Xiaolin; Wang, Xuri (2021-05-04). "The first Similifaveoloolithidae (Wormoolithus luxiensis oogen. et oosp. nov.) from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, China". Historical Biology. 33 (5): 689–698. Bibcode:2021HBio...33..689Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1658093. ISSN 0891-2963.

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