Formasi Two Medicine

Formasi Two Medicine
Jangkauan stratigrafi: Campanian
~83.5–74.9 jtyl
Wilayah Formasi Two Medicine dekat "Egg Mountain" di utara Montana
JenisFormasi geologi
Garis bawahBearpaw Shale
Garis atasVirgelle Sandstone
Ketebalan600 m (2.000 ft) (bagian barat)
Litologi
UtamaBatu pasir
Location
Koordinat48°04′27″N 112°17′58″W / 48.07417°N 112.29944°W / 48.07417; -112.29944 (Two Medicine)
Prakiraan paleokoordinat55°18′N 77°48′W / 55.3°N 77.8°W / 55.3; -77.8 (Two Medicine)
Kawasan Montana
 Alberta
Negara Amerika Serikat
 Kanada

Formasi Two Medicine adalah sebuah formasi geologi, atau wilayah bebatuan, yang terdeposit antara 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma dan 70.6 ± 3.4 Ma (juta tahun lampau), pada zaman Campanian (Zaman Kapur Akhir), dan terletak di barat laut Montana dan selatan Alberta. Wilayah tersebut meliputi timur Rocky Mountain Overthrust Belt

Referensi

Daftar pustaka

  • Dodson, P., C.A. Forster, and S.D. Sampson. 2004. Ceratopsidae in Weishampel, D.B., P. Dodson, and H. Osmolska (eds.) The Dinosauria. 2nd Edition, University of California Press.
  • Rogers, R.R. (1990). "Taphonomy of three dinosaur bone beds in the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of northwestern Montana: evidence for drought-related mortality". PALAIOS. 5: 394–413. doi:10.2307/3514834.
  • Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.
  • Varricchio, D.J. (1995). "Taphonomy of Jack's Birthday Site, a diverse dinosaur bonebed from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 114: 297–323. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(94)00084-l.
  • Varricchio, D. J. 2001. Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur (Theropoda) dinosaurs from Montana. pp. 42–57 in D. H. Tanke and K. Carpenter (eds.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana University Press, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

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