Billman Creek Formation Explained

Billman Creek Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Period:	Maastrichtian
Region:	Montana
Country:	United States of America
Unitof:	Livingston Group
Underlies:	Hoppers Formation
Overlies:	Miner Creek Formation

The Billman Creek Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in south-central Montana.^[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.^[2]

The Billman Creek Formation is a unit of the Livingston Group.^[3]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

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

Notes and References

1. http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/BillmanCreekRefs_7075.html USGS
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
3. Skipp, Betty and McGrew, L.W., 1972, The Upper Cretaceous Livingston Group of the western Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana, in Balster, C., Lynn, J., and Warne, J., eds., Crazy Mountains Basin: Montana Geological Society 21st Annual Geological Conference Guidebook, p. 99-106.