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Black Creek Group

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Type
  
Group

Country
  
United States

Region
  
North Carolina

Sub-units
  
Tar Heel Formation, Bladen Formation, Donoho Creek Formation

The Black Creek Group is a geologic group in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous period.

Paleofauna

  • cf. Deinosuchus rugosus
  • cf. Coelosaurus antiquus
  • cf. Dryptosaurus sp.
  • cf. Lophorhothon atopus
  • Hypsibema crassicauda - "Caudal vertebrae, fragmentary humerus, fragmentary tibia, metatarsal II."
  • Leptoceratopsidae indet.
  • Dromaeosauridae indet.

    • References

    Black Creek Group Wikipedia
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