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Eutaw Formation

Geological formation in the southern United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Eutaw Formation is a geological formation in North America, within the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. The strata date from the late Coniacian to the early Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[1] It consists of the upper Tombigbee Sand Member and an unnamed lower member. Dinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur remains have been recovered from the Eutaw Formation.[2][3]

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Vertebrate paleofauna

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Cartilaginous fish

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Bony fish

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Turtles

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Plesiosaurs

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Mosasaurs

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Crocodylians

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Dinosaur feathers have been found in the Ingersoll Shale of Georgia,[6][7] which is a subunit of the Eutaw Formation.[3] Indeterminate hadrosaurid remains have been found in Mississippi.[8] Ornithomimosaurs of medium-size and large-size have also been unearthed in Mississippi.[9]

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