Eutaw Formation Explained
The Eutaw Formation is a geological formation in North America, within the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. The strata date from the late Coniacian to the early Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[1] It consists of the upper Tombigbee Sand Member and an unnamed lower member. Dinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur remains have been recovered from the Eutaw Formation.[2] [3]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Cartilaginous fish
Bony fish
Turtles
Plesiosaurs
Mosasaurs
Crocodylians
Ornithodires
Dinosaur feathers have been found in the Ingersoll Shale of Georgia, which is a subunit of the Eutaw Formation.[3] Indeterminate hadrosaurid remains have been found in Mississippi.[6] Ornithomimosaurs of medium-size and large-size have also been unearthed in Mississippi.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Liu . Kaiyu . Facies Changes of the Eutaw Formation (Coniacian-Santonian), Onshore to Offshore, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Area. 2009-02-10. Department of Geological Sciences. University of Alabama.
- Kiernan . Caitlin R. . 2002 . Stratigraphic distribution and habitat segregation of mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of western and central Alabama, with an historical review of Alabama mosasaur discoveries . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 22 . 1 . 91–103 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0091:SDAHSO]2.0.CO;2 . 130280406 .
- Encyclopedia: Coastal Plain Geologic Province. 2009-02-10. 2007-08-30. The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
- Kejiri, T.. Ebersole, J.A.. Blewitt, H.L.. Ebersole, S.M.. 2013. An Overview of Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from Alabama. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History. 31. 1. 46–71.
- 2002 . A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 . 3 . 447–472 . Bardet N, Suberbiola P, Iarochene M, Bouyahyaoui F, Bouya B, Amaghzaz M . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00152.x . free .
- Kaye . John M. . Russell . Dale A. . The Oldest Record of Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs in North America . Journal of Paleontology . January 1973 . 47 . 1 . 91–93 . 1302869 .
- Chinzorig . Tsogtbaatar . Cullen . Thomas . Phillips . George . Rolke . Richard . Zanno . Lindsay E. . 2022-03-25 . Large-bodied ornithomimosaurs inhabited Appalachia during the Late Cretaceous of North America . en . 2022.03.25.485782 . 10.1101/2022.03.25.485782. 247749395 .
