Almond Formation

The Almond Formation is a geological formation of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian[1]) age in Wyoming. It was deposited in marsh, deltaic, lagoonal, estuarine, and shallow marine environments along the western shore of the Western Interior Seaway. It consists primarily of fine- to medium-grained sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal.[2] Fossils from the Almond Formation include remains of dinosaurs[3] and plants.[4]

Almond Formation
Stratigraphic range:
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesLewis Shale
OverliesEricson Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone, shale, coal
Location
RegionWyoming
CountryUnited States

Southwestern Wyoming, incl. Almond formation

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs
Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs of the Almond Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Anchiceratops

Indeterminate

Represents a new genus and species of unnamed ceratopsid
Dromaeosaurus
Edmontonia
Edmontosaurus
Thescelosaurus
Unnamed Ceratopsian

Dromaeosaurus[5]

Indeterminate[5]

Edmontonia[5]

Indeterminate[5]

Edmontosaurus[5]

Indeterminate[5]

Maiasaura[5]

Indeterminate[5]

Paronychodon[5]

P. lacustris[5]

Thescelosaurus[6]

Indeterminate[6]

Unnamed ceratopsid[7]

Unnamed

Misidentified as Anchiceratops, it is actually a new species of Pentaceratops-like form that is the sister taxon to "Bisticeratops".[8] Holotype was discovered in 1937.


See also

Footnotes
  1. Fowler, Denver Warwick (2017-11-22). "Revised geochronology, correlation, and dinosaur stratigraphic ranges of the Santonian-Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) formations of the Western Interior of North America". PLOS ONE. 12 (11): e0188426. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1288426F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188426. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5699823. PMID 29166406.
  2. Kieft, R.L., Hampton, G.J., Jackson, C.A.-L., and Larsen, E., 2011. Stratigraphic architecture of a net-transgressive marginal- to shallow-marine succession: Upper Almond Formation, Rock Springs Uplift, Wyoming, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 81, p. 513-533.
  3. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  4. Stockey, R.A., Rothwell, G.W., and Johnson, K.R., 2007. Cobbania corrugata gen. et. comb. nov. (Araceae): A floating aquatic monocot from the Upper Cretaceous of western North America. American Journal of Botany, vol. 94, no. 4, p. 609-624.
  5. "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
  6. Listed as "cf. Thescelosaurus sp." in "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
  7. Listed as "?Anchiceratops sp." in "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
  8. Dalman, Sebastian G.; Lucas, Spencer G.; Jasinski, Steven E.; Longrich, Nicholas R. (2021-09-29). "Sierraceratops turneri, a new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Hall Lake Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of south-central New Mexico". Cretaceous Research: 105034. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105034. ISSN 0195-6671.

References
  • 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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