Ripley Formation

Ripley Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Cretaceous

Rockground exposed in the Ripley Formation near Greenville, Alabama.
Type Geological formation
Unit of Selma Group
Sub-units Cusseta Sand Member, McNairy Sand Member
Underlies Prairie Bluff Chalk Formation
Overlies Demopolis Chalk Formation
Thickness 40 m (130 ft) to 175 m (574 ft)
Lithology
Primary Glauconitic sandstone
Other Micaceous chalk
Location
Region Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee
Country  United States
Type section
Named for Ripley, Mississippi

The Ripley Formation is a geological formation in North America found in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri,[1] and Tennessee. The lithology is quite consistent throughout the layer. It consists mainly of glauconitic sandstone. It was formed by sediments deposited during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. It is a unit of the Selma Group and consists of the Cusseta Sand Member, McNairy Sand Member and an unnamed lower member.[2] It has not been extensively studied by vertebrate paleontologists, due to a lack of accessible exposures. However, fossils have been unearthed including crocodile, hadrosaur, nodosaur, tyrannosaur, ornithomimid, dromaeosaur,and mosasaur remains have been recovered from the Ripley Formation.[2]

Paleofauna

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References

  1. "Hypsibema missouriensis". DinoData. DinoData. 2011. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Kiernan, Caitlin R. (2002). "Stratigraphic distribution and habitat segregation of mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of western and central Alabama, with an historical review of Alabama mosasaur discoveries". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (1): 91–103. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0091:SDAHSO]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  3. "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 443.
  4. Parris, David. "CHRONISTER SITE INVESTIGATIONS: NEW INFORMATION ON THE CRETACEOUS OF MISSOURI". Retrieved 6 October 2006.
  5. Bruns, Michael E. "NEW APPALACHIAN ARMORED DINOSAUR MATERIAL (NODOSAURIDAE, ANKYLOSAURIA) FROM THE MAASTRICHTIAN RIPLEY FORMATION OF ALABAMA". The Geological Society of America. The Geological Society of America. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  6. Powers, Marc (February 19, 2004). "A bone to pick for Missouri". Southeast Missourian. Southeast Missourian. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  7. Fix, Michael F.; Darrough, Guy (2004). "Dinosauria and associated vertebrate fauna of the Late Cretaceous Chronister site of southeast Missouri". Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America. 36 (3): 14.
  8. Holloway, Brad (January 31, 2005). "Rock of ages – Museum reveals fossil find in Bollinger County". Southeast Missourian. Southeast Missourian. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  9. Parris, David. "CHRONISTER SITE INVESTIGATIONS: NEW INFORMATION ON THE CRETACEOUS OF MISSOURI". Retrieved 6 October 2006.
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