Blackhawk Formation
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The Blackhawk Formation is a geological formation from which fossil pterosaur
tracks
have been recovered.
. Pterodactyloid tracks have been found near North Horn.
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...
tracks
Trace fossil
Trace fossils, also called ichnofossils , are geological records of biological activity. Trace fossils may be impressions made on the substrate by an organism: for example, burrows, borings , urolites , footprints and feeding marks, and root cavities...
have been recovered.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Tiny hadrosaur footprints have been discovered in the Blackhawk Formation of UtahUtah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. Pterodactyloid tracks have been found near North Horn.
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