Montana - North Dakota - South Dakota - US

The Hell Creek Formation of Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota represents deposition of fluvial nonmarine sediments along the eastern margin of an interior seaway. The desiments are primarily sandstones, siltstones, and mudstones. The Hell Creek Formation is allmost entirely Late Cretaceous in age but the upper few meters may be Paleocene. Furhter south a layer of the same age is found and goes by another name Lance Formation.

In Canada, correlative rock layers are the Frenchman Formation and the Scollard Formation. All of these these units were deposited by ancient rivers that flowed eastward into a large inland sea that ran from north-central Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The rock layer that underlies the Hell Creek Formation is called the [Fox Hills Formation], and the overlying layer is called the [Tullock Formation] (Paleocene). In the Dakotas, the overlying formation is called the [Ludlow Formation]. The K/Pg boundary occurs as a discontinuous but distinct thin marker bed within the Hell Creek Formation.


Albertosaurus (Clevelanotyrannus) lancensis - Montana - Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian


Albertosaurus (Nanotyrannus) lancensis - Montana - Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Albertosaurus lancensis - Montana - Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Albertosaurus megagracilis - Montana - Tyrannosauria Tyrannosauridae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Anatotitan copei - Montana, South Dakota - Hadrosaurinae Edmontosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Ankylosaurus magniventris - Montana - Ankylosauria Ankylosauridae - Cretaceous Late, Maastrichtian



Aublysodon mirandus - Montana - Tyrannosauria Tyrannosauridae - Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian



Aublysodon molnari - Montana - Tyrannosauridae Aublysodontinae - Cretaceous Late Campanian



Avisaurus archibaldi ~/~ - Montana - Ornithothoraces Enantiornithes - Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian



Bugenasaura infernalis - South Dakota - Ornithopoda Hypsilophodontidae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Claosaurus annectens - Montana, South Dakota - Hadrosaurinae Edmontosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Dinotyrannus megagracilis - Montana - Tyrannosauria Tyrannosauridae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Dracorex hogwartsia - South Dakota - Pachycephalosauria Pachycephalosauridae - Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian



Edmontonia sp (1) - Montana, South Dakota - Not considered dinosaur



Edmontonia sp (3) - Montana, South Dakota - Ankylosauria Nodosauridae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Edmontosaurus annectens - Montana, South Dakota - Hadrosaurinae Edmontosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Edmontosaurus regalis - North Dakota, South Dakota - Hadrosaurinae Edmontosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Elmisaurus elegans - Montana - Oviraptorosauria Caenagnathidae - Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian



Gorgosaurus lancensis - Montana - Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Nanotyrannus lancensis - Montana - Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Orcomimus - South Dakota - Ornithomimidae Nomen Nudem - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis - Montana, South Dakota - Pachycephalosauria Pachycephalosauridae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Parasaurolophus walkeri - Montana - Hadrosauridae Lambeosaurinae - Cretaceous Late Campanian



Paronychodon lacustris - Montana - Troodontidae Nomina Dubia - Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian



Ricardoestesia isosceles - North Dakota, South Dakota - Tetanurae Coelurosauria - Cretaceous Late Campanian



Sphaerotholus buchholtzae - Montana - Pachycephalosauridae [Pachycephalosaurinae] - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Stegoceras edmontonense - Montana - Pachycephalosauria Pachycephalosauridae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Stenotholus kohleri - Montana - Pachycephalosauria Pachycephalosauridae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Stygimoloch spinifer (incl. Stenotholus kohleri) - Montana - Pachycephalosauria Pachycephalosauridae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Stygivenator molnari - Montana - Tyrannosauridae Aublysodontinae - Cretaceous Late Campanian



Tatankaceratops sacrisonorum - Ceratopidae Chasmosaurinae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



Thescelosaurus garbanii - Montana - Ornithopoda Hypsilophodontidae - Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian



Thescelosaurus neglectus - Montana, South Dakota - Ornithopoda Hypsilophodontidae - Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian



Leptoceratops cf. gracilis - Montana - Neoceratopia Protoceratopidae - Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian



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