Holly Creek Formation Explained

Holly Creek Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Cretaceous
Namedfor:	Little Holly Creek and Holly Creek, Howard County, Arkansas
Namedby:	Harold C. Vanderpool^[1]
Region:	Arkansas
Country:	United States

The Holly Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period which belong to the Trinity Group.^[2]

Flora

• Cheirolepidiaceae^[3]

Fauna

• Indeterminate Chondrichthyes
• Indeterminate Actinopterygii
  • Indeterminate Amiidae
• Indeterminate Semionotiformes
• Indeterminate Pycnodontiformes
  • Anomoeodus caddoi
• Lissamphibia
  • • Indeterminate Helochelydridae Naomichelys sp.
• Indeterminate Trionychids
• Indeterminate Coelognathosuchia
• Squamata
  • Sciroseps pawhuskai
• Dinosauria
  • Acrocanthosaurus sp.
  • Deinonychus sp.
  • Richardoestesia sp.
  • Indeterminate Titanosauria
  • Indeterminate Nodosauria

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Arkansas
• Paleontology in Arkansas

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021. 25 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home. dead.

Notes and References

1. Vanderpool. H.C.. A preliminary study of the Trinity group in southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northern Texas. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 1928. 12. 1079–1080.
2. Suarez. Celina A.. Frederickson. Joseph. Cifelli. Richard L.. Pittman. Jeffrey G.. Nydam. Randall L.. Hunt-Foster. ReBecca K.. Morgan. Kirsty. 2021-10-21. A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA. PeerJ. 9. e12242. 10.7717/peerj.12242. 34721970 . 8542373 . 2167-8359 . free .
3. AXSMITH. BRIAN J.. KRINGS. MICHAEL. WASELKOV. KATHERINE. Conifer Pollen Cones from the Cretaceous of Arkansas: Implications for Diversity and Reproduction in the Cheirolepidiaceae . February 2004. Journal of Paleontology. 78. 2. 402–409. 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0402:cpcftc>2.0.co;2. 129310148 . 0022-3360.