Bullion Creek Formation

Short description: Geologic formation in North Dakota

Bullion Creek Formation
Stratigraphic range: Thanetian
~58–55 Ma

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Type| Formation
Underlies| Sentinel Butte Formation
Overlies| Slope and Cannonball formations
Location
Region| North Dakota
Country|  United States

The Bullion Creek Formation is a geologic formation in western North Dakota.[1] It preserves bones and tracks of an extinct crocodile and other fossils of Late Paleocene age.[2]

## See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North Dakota
* Paleontology in North Dakota

## References

1. ↑ Bluemle, John P. 1988. "Generalized Bedrock Geological Map of North Dakota". North Dakota Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Map 28. https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/documents/Publication_List/pdf/MisMaps/MM-28.pdf.
2. ↑ Erickson, B.R., 2005. Crocodile and Arthropod Tracks from the Late Paleocene Wannagan Creek Fauna of North Dakota, USA. Ichnos, 12(4):3 03-308.

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