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ID: 7030375
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7030375

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Hell Creek Formation (geological formation)  Hell Creek Formation (geological formation)

Note: Located in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota; noted as a layer of rock that was deposited 67 to 65 million years ago, at the end of the "age of dinosaurs." Also noted for the presence of the K/T boundary that separates the Cretaceous and Cenozoic, which occurs as a distinct, but discontinuous, marker bed near the top of this formation.

Names:
Hell Creek Formation (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hell Creek Formation (geological formation)  ............  Hell Creek Formation (geological formation) (P)

Place Types:
geological formation (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Hell Creek Formation..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Bigelow, Hell Creek Faunal Facies (1997-2001) accessed 11 August 2004
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Bigelow, Hell Creek Faunal Facies (1997-2001) accessed 11 August 2004
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Bigelow, Hell Creek Faunal Facies (1997-2001) accessed 11 August 2004

 

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