Paleobiology Hell Creek Formation
animals of hell creek formation
many animals including dinosaurs lived in hell creek formation. hell creek formation has world-famous dinosaur fossil sites. fossils found of sea creatures recession , adjacent inland sea @ time. vertebrates include dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodiles, champsosaurs, lizards, snakes, turtles, frogs , salamanders. remains of fishes , mammals have been found in hell creek formation. formation has produced impressive assemblages of invertebrates (including ammonites), plants, mammals, fish, reptiles (including lizard obamadon), marine reptiles (including marine reptiles mosasaurs, plesiosaurs , sea turtles), , amphibians. notable dinosaur finds include tyrannosaurus , triceratops, ornithomimids well, caenagnathids anzu, variety of small theropods, pachycephalosaurs, ankylosaurs, crocodylomorphs , squamates, including various animal fossils unearthed in hell creek formation. complete hadrosaurid dinosaur ever found, edmontosaurus, retrieved in 2000 hell creek formation , publicised in national geographic documentary aired in december 2007. few bird, mammal, , pterosaur fossils have been found. teeth of sharks , rays found in riverine hell creek formation, suggesting of these taxa then, now, tolerant of fresh water. lancian fauna more similar overall phylogenetically east asian , canadian/alaskan faunas campanian north american faunas.
view of hell creek state park, heart of hell creek formation.
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