Turney Ranch Formation

Turney Ranch Formation
Stratigraphic range:
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionArizona
CountryUSA

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.[1]

Fossil content

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs

Sauropod

Sauropods of the Turney Ranch Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Sonorasaurus[2] 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[3] A. atokensis Teeth A carcharodontosaurid theropod

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ^ Ratkevich, R. (1998). "New Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur, Sonorasaurus thompsoni gen. et sp. nov, from Arizona". Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 31 (1): 71–82.
  3. ^ Oswald, T.; Boisvert, C.; D'amore, D.; Curtice, B. (2025). ""Here be Dragons": Shed Teeth Potentially Indicate the Presence of Multiple Unidentified Allosauroids from the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah". Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 50 (2): 55–129. doi:10.2181/036.050.0204.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.