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Bijou Creek , Routt County, Colorado, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)40.2853,-106.861
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationColorado, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Routt County, Colorado, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Bijou Creek (USG&GS)Cope E. D.Laramiealso listed as Arapahoe Fm. and "Bitter Creek Coal Series"not reported72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ceratopsidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Ceratopsidae72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Edmontosaurus regalis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae : Edmontosaurus : Edmontosaurus regalis72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pantrionychidae
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pantrionychidae72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Cope E. D. Report on the stratigraphy and Pliocene vertebrate paleontology of northern Colorado, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1 1, 9-22
Cope E. D. Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2, 3-48
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