Turney Ranch Formation

The Turney Ranch Formation is a mid-Cretaceous geological formation in the United States. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Fossil content

Dinosaurs

Sauropod Sauropods of the Turney Ranch Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Sonorasaurus S. thompsoni Whetstone Mountains of southeastern Arizona A partial skeleton A brachiosaurid sauropod

Theropods Theropods of the Turney Ranch Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Acrocanthosaurus A. atokensis Teeth A carcharodontosaurid theropod

See also

List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

Footnotes

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