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The Telegraph Creek Formation is a
Mesozoic The Mesozoic Era is the Era (geology), era of Earth's Geologic time scale, geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Period (geology), Periods. It is characterized by the dominance of archosaurian r ...
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Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic Geological period, period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the #Evolutio ...
remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.


Fossil content


Invertebrates


Vertebrates


See also

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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented. * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils ** ...
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List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils This is a list of stratigraphic units from which dinosaur body fossils have been recovered. Although Dinosauria is a clade which includes modern birds, this article covers only Mesozoic stratigraphic units. Units listed are all either formation ...


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References

* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. . Geologic formations of Montana Santonian Stage Cretaceous Montana Cretaceous geology of Wyoming {{Montana-geologic-formation-stub