Tar Heel/Coachman Formation
Tar Heel/Coachman Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~ | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Black Creek Group |
Underlies | Bladen Formation |
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Country | United States |
The Tar Heel Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils, including amber dating back to the Cretaceous period. A locality known as Phoebus Landing, has been dated to 78.5-77.1 Ma.
Fish
Cartilaginous fish
Dinosaurs
Ornithopods
An indeterminate hadrosauroid is known from Stokes Quarry.
Ornithopods of the Tar Heel/Coachman Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Notes | Images | ||
H. foulkii | Hadrosaurus can be found throughout Late Cretaceous Appalachia. | |||||
"Hadrosaurus" | "H." minor | Phoebus Landing, North Carolina | A small or juvenile hadrosaur. | |||
H.crassicauda | Hypsibema was first discovered in North Carolina from Sampson County, 1869, and described by Edward Drinker Cope. It was measured to be 12-17 meters, making it one of the largest hadrosaurids. | |||||
L. sp. | Phoebus Landing, North Carolina | Lophorhothon was discovered in the Mooreville Chalk Formation, Alabama. |
Ceratopsians
Ceratopsids of the Tar Heel/Coachman Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Notes | Images | ||
Indeterminate | Sampson County, North Carolina | In 2016, a left maxilla was found of a dinosaur from the Leptoceratopsidae, of an unknown genus. |
Theropods
Indeterminate theropods, ornithomimosaurs, and maniraptorans are known from Stokes Quarry.
Theropods of the Tar Heel/Coachman Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Notes | Images | ||
Appalachiosaurus | A. montgomeriensis | Stokes Quarry, South Carolina | A large eutyrannosaur. | |||
cf. Coelosaurus | Indeterminate | Phoebus Landing, North Carolina | An intermediate Ornithomimosaur | |||
Dromaeosaurine | Indeterminate | Sampson County, North Carolina | A large dromaeosaurid, larger than Saurornitholestes but smaller than Dakotaraptor. | |||
Dryptosauridae | Indeterminate | Phoebus Landing, North Carolina | A large eutyrannosaur part of an early lineage related to Dryptosaurus. | |||
S. langstoni |
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The first evidence of dromaeosaurids in Appalachia was uncovered through S. langstoni specimens found at Stokes Quarry and Burches Ferry. |