Black Creek Group Explained

Black Creek Group
Type:	Group
Age:	Late Cretaceous,
Period:	Campanian
Coordinates:	34.6°N -78.5°W
Subunits:	Tar Heel Formation, Bladen Formation, Donoho Creek Formation
Paleocoordinates:	35°N -50.2°W

The Black Creek Group is a geologic group in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous period.

Paleofauna

• cf. Deinosuchus rugosus
• cf. Coelosaurus antiquus
• cf. Dryptosaurus sp.
• cf. Lophorhoton atopus
• Hypsibema crassicauda - "Caudal vertebrae, fragmentary humerus, fragmentary tibia, metatarsal II."^[1]
• Leptoceratopsidae indet.^[2]
• Dromaeosauridae indet.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North Carolina

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .
• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.

Notes and References

1. "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
2. Longrich . Nicholas R. . 2016 . A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of eastern North America, and implications for dinosaur biogeography . Cretaceous Research . 57 . 199–207 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.08.004 .