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Selected PBDB-backed fossil records across the first fifteen animals.
1623 mapped records
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25 animals, source-backed records
Theropod dinosaur
Tyrannosaurus rex
Late Cretaceous - 68-66 Ma
92 mapped records
Ceratopsian dinosaur
Triceratops
Late Cretaceous - 68-66 Ma
136 mapped records
Dromaeosaurid dinosaur
Velociraptor
Late Cretaceous - 75-71 Ma
6 mapped records
Stegosaurian dinosaur
Stegosaurus
Late Jurassic - 155-145 Ma
70 mapped records
Spinosaurid dinosaur
Spinosaurus
Early to Late Cretaceous - 106-94 Ma
24 mapped records
Theropod dinosaur
Allosaurus
Late Jurassic · 155-145 Ma
205 mapped records
Sauropod dinosaur
Diplodocus
Late Jurassic · 155-145 Ma
311 mapped records
Sauropod dinosaur
Apatosaurus
Late Jurassic · 155-145 Ma
64 mapped records
Armored dinosaur
Ankylosaurus
Late Cretaceous · 68-66 Ma
31 mapped records
Hadrosaur dinosaur
Edmontosaurus
Late Cretaceous · 73-66 Ma
55 mapped records
Dome-headed dinosaur
Pachycephalosaurus
Late Cretaceous · 68-66 Ma
12 mapped records
Ceratopsian dinosaur
Protoceratops
Late Cretaceous · 75-71 Ma
13 mapped records
Oviraptorosaur dinosaur
Oviraptor
Late Cretaceous · 75-71 Ma
2 mapped records
Theropod dinosaur
Carcharodontosaurus
Late Cretaceous · 100-94 Ma
12 mapped records
Spinosaurid dinosaur
Suchomimus
Early Cretaceous · 125-112 Ma
1 mapped records
Sauropod dinosaur
Brachiosaurus
Late Jurassic - 154-145 Ma
19 mapped records
Sauropod dinosaur
Camarasaurus
Late Jurassic - 155-145 Ma
137 mapped records
Theropod dinosaur
Ceratosaurus
Late Jurassic - 153-145 Ma
24 mapped records
Hadrosaur dinosaur
Parasaurolophus
Late Cretaceous - 76-73 Ma
18 mapped records
Ceratopsian dinosaur
Centrosaurus
Late Cretaceous - 76-75 Ma
18 mapped records
Hadrosaur dinosaur
Corythosaurus
Late Cretaceous - 77-75 Ma
11 mapped records
Theropod dinosaur
Gorgosaurus
Late Cretaceous - 76-75 Ma
10 mapped records
Theropod dinosaur
Tarbosaurus
Late Cretaceous - 70-66 Ma
27 mapped records
Ornithopod dinosaur
Iguanodon
Early Cretaceous - 126-113 Ma
308 mapped records
Dromaeosaur dinosaur
Deinonychus
Early Cretaceous - 115-108 Ma
17 mapped records
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Hell Creek Formation
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, USA
A latest Cretaceous rock unit across the northern Great Plains, famous for preserving Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and other vertebrates close to the end-Cretaceous extinction interval.
Morrison Formation
Western United States
A widespread Late Jurassic rock unit across the western United States, known for classic dinosaur quarry records including Stegosaurus and many sauropod and theropod fossils.
Flaming Cliffs
Omnogovi Province, Mongolia
A celebrated Gobi Desert fossil area associated with Djadokhta Formation discoveries, including Velociraptor and other Late Cretaceous desert animals.
Lance Formation
Eastern Wyoming and the northern Great Plains, USA
A latest Cretaceous rock unit of the northern Great Plains, deposited in the final million years before the end-Cretaceous extinction. The Lance is a classic source of Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex material and is closely comparable to the neighbouring Hell Creek Formation.
Denver Formation
Front Range, Colorado, USA
A latest Cretaceous to early Paleocene unit along Colorado's Front Range, built from sediment shed off the rising ancestral Rocky Mountains. Its uppermost Cretaceous beds preserve Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops close to the end-Cretaceous extinction.
Frenchman Formation
Southern Saskatchewan, Canada
The youngest Cretaceous dinosaur-bearing unit of the Canadian prairies, exposed across southern Saskatchewan. The Frenchman Formation has yielded Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex, including the well-known 'Scotty' specimen, right up to the extinction boundary.
Kem Kem Group
Errachidia and Tafilalt, southeastern Morocco
A Cretaceous (Cenomanian) sequence of red beds along the Algeria–Morocco border, famous for an unusually rich predatory dinosaur and crocodyliform fauna. The Kem Kem is the source of much of the Moroccan Spinosaurus material.
Echkar Formation
Agadez Region, Niger
A mid-Cretaceous Niger hotspot context for the Iullemmeden Basin and nearby Saharan dinosaur records. Fossil Atlas uses this page to group Echkar-region records with related Niger spinosaurid context, including the source-backed Suchomimus record from the Elrhaz Formation.
Dinosaur Park Formation
Alberta, Canada
A Late Cretaceous unit in southern Alberta that preserves one of the richest dinosaur assemblages in North America, including hadrosaurs, ceratopsians, and tyrannosaurids.
Judith River Formation
Montana, USA and southern Alberta, Canada
A Late Cretaceous formation of the northern Western Interior, important for ceratopsian, hadrosaur, and theropod fossil records.
Kirtland Formation
New Mexico, USA
A Late Cretaceous formation in the San Juan Basin that gives Fossil Atlas a southwestern North America thread for hadrosaur and theropod records.
Nemegt Formation
Gobi Desert, Mongolia
A latest Cretaceous Mongolian formation known for large theropods, sauropods, ornithomimosaurs, and other Gobi Desert fossils.
Tendaguru Formation
Lindi Region, Tanzania
A famous Late Jurassic East African dinosaur formation with sauropod, stegosaur, and theropod records that broaden the atlas beyond North America.
Lourinha Formation
Western Portugal
A Late Jurassic Portuguese formation that helps connect European dinosaur records with Morrison-like Jurassic ecosystems.
Wealden Group
Southern England, United Kingdom
An Early Cretaceous British rock sequence central to early dinosaur science, including Iguanodon and related ornithopod records.
Cedar Mountain Formation
Utah and Colorado, USA
An Early Cretaceous western US formation that bridges Jurassic-style faunas and later Cretaceous ecosystems.
Cloverly Formation
Montana and Wyoming, USA
An Early Cretaceous formation best known in Fossil Atlas for linking Deinonychus records with broader North American dinosaur context.
Antlers Formation
Oklahoma and Texas, USA
An Early Cretaceous southern Great Plains formation that adds a compact predator-and-sauropod context to the atlas.
Fossil Atlas currently displays 1623 selected occurrences from PBDB-backed records plus manual curation labels.