Almond Formation

Almond Formation
Almond Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Lewis Shale
Overlies	Ericson Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Siltstone, shale, coal
Location
Region	Wyoming
Country	United States
	; Southwestern Wyoming, incl. Almond formation

The Almond Formation is a geological formation of Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) 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.^[1] Fossils from the Almond Formation include remains of dinosaurs^[2] and plants.^[3]

Vertebrate paleofauna

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
Dromaeosaurus^[4]	Indeterminate^[4]
Edmontonia^[4]	Indeterminate^[4]
Edmontosaurus^[4]	Indeterminate^[4]
Maiasaura^[4]	Indeterminate^[4]
Paronychodon^[4]	P. lacustris^[4]
Thescelosaurus^[5]	Indeterminate^[5]
Unnamed ceratopsid^[6]	Unnamed				Misidentified as Anchiceratops, it is actually a new species of Pentaceratops-like form

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
^ ^a ^b Listed as "cf. Thescelosaurus sp." in "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.
^ Listed as "?Anchiceratops sp." in "3.12 Wyoming, United States; 4. Almond Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584.

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.