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Prince Creek Formation
| Prince Creek Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Maastrichtian | |
 General location of the Prince Creek Formation, in red | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Colville Group |
| Sub-units | Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry, Kogosukruk Tongue, Ocean Point, Coleville River Bluff |
| Underlies | Sagavanirktok Formation |
| Overlies | Schrader Bluff Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, mudstone[1] |
| Other | siltstone, carbonaceous shale, ash-fall[1] |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 70°00′N 151°30′W / 70.0°N 151.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 83°12′N 115°54′W / 83.2°N 115.9°W |
| Region |  Alaska |
| Country |  USA |
The Prince Creek Formation is a geological formation in Alaska with strata dating to the Early Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
- ^ a b Flaig, P.P.; McCarthy, P.J.; Fiorillo, A.R. (2013). "Anatomy, Evolution, and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of an Ancient Arctic Coastal Plain: Integrated Paleopedology and Palynology from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska, USA". In Driese, S.G.; Nordt, L.C. (eds.). New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology: Paleosols and Soil Surface Analog Systems. Vol. 104. pp. 179–230. doi:10.2110/sepmsp.104.14. ISBN 9781565763227.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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