Vermillion River Formation
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The Vermillion River Formation is a geological formation in Manitoba, Canada whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
| Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Vermillion River Formation |
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Hesperornis Hesperornis Hesperornis is a genus of flightless aquatic birds that spanned the first half of the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period . One of the lesser-known discoveries of the paleontologist O. C. Marsh in the late 19th century Bone Wars, it was an important early find in the history of avian... |
H. regalis |
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