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]
| Holly Creek Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Little Holly Creek and Holly Creek, Howard County, Arkansas |
| Named by | Harold C. Vanderpool[1] |
Flora
editFauna
edit- Indeterminate Chondrichthyes
- Indeterminate Actinopterygii
- Indeterminate Amiidae
- Indeterminate Semionotiformes
- Indeterminate Pycnodontiformes
- Lissamphibia
- Indeterminate Helochelydridae
- Indeterminate Trionychids
- Indeterminate Coelognathosuchia
- Squamata
- Sciroseps pawhuskai
- Dinosauria
- Acrocanthosaurus sp.
- Deinonychus sp.
- Richardoestesia sp.
- Indeterminate Titanosauria
- Indeterminate Nodosauria
See also
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References
edit- ^ Vanderpool, H.C. (1928). "A preliminary study of the Trinity group in southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northern Texas". Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 12: 1079–1080.
- ^ 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. doi:10.7717/peerj.12242. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8542373. PMID 34721970.
- ^ AXSMITH, BRIAN J.; KRINGS, MICHAEL; WASELKOV, KATHERINE (February 2004). <0402:cpcftc>2.0.co;2 "Conifer Pollen Cones from the Cretaceous of Arkansas: Implications for Diversity and Reproduction in the Cheirolepidiaceae". Journal of Paleontology. 78 (2): 402–409. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0402:cpcftc>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 129310148.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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