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Dinosaur Discoveries in United States

North America · US

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Dinosaurs Discovered

1668

Situs Penemuan

Time Periods Represented

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United States

North America

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Situs Penemuan

Cloverly

Jewett

Morrison

Cloverly

Two Medicine

Kayenta

Cooper Canyon

Morrison

Cloverly

Temblor

Monterey

North Horn

Washakie

White River

Straight Cliffs

Harebell

Wahweap

Cedar Mountain

Cloverly

Antlers

Arundel Clay

Iron Springs

Judith River

Pismo

Aguja

Cokedale

Ferris

Harebell

Judith River

Kaiparowits

Kirtland

Lance

Mesaverde

Pictured Cliffs Sandstone

Hell Creek

Slope

Bullion Creek

Wasatch

Willwood

Lance

Laramie

Nanjemoy

Willwood

Fox Hills

Golden Valley

Valentine

Wicomico

Runningwater

Tick Canyon

Box Butte

Brule

Chadron

Alachua

Ash Hollow

Marsland

Ogallala

Renova

Peace River

Rexroad

"unnamed sandstone"

Verde

Gila Conglomerate

Goliad

San Mateo

Siesta

Tamiami

"Topanga"

Kramer Beds

Bermont

Fort Thompson

Alamosa

Palos Verdes Sand

Tecopa Lake Beds

Cloverly

Two Medicine

Colorado City

Two Medicine

Morrison

Cloverly

Morrison

Bearpaw Shale

Two Medicine

Lakota

Cedar Mountain

Lance

Patuxent

Severn

Kayenta

Morrison

Niobrara

Toreva

Calvert

Cow Branch

Glen Rose Limestone

Bearpaw Shale

Crevasse Canyon

Shellenberger Canyon

Gober Chalk

Portland

Blufftown

Gettysburg

Aquia

Kayenta

Morrison

Hell Creek

Portland

Dakota

Summerville

Moenave

Morrison

Navajo Sandstone

Hell Creek

Dockum

Chinle

Fruitland

Morrison

Pierre Shale

Chignik

Hell Creek

Calvert

Clinchfield

North Horn

Dakota

Almond

Lance

Mesaverde

Judith River

Lance

Willwood

Raritan

Bell Springs

Lance

Willwood

Demopolis Chalk

Merchantville

Morrison

Naturita

Eutaw

Portland

Hell Creek

Ojo Alamo

Fruitland

Portland

Chinle

Arundel Clay

Kirtland

Lakota

Lance

Morrison

Prince Creek

Hell Creek

Lance

Castlegate

Dakota

Chinle

Morrison

Dakota

Lance

Morrison

New Egypt

Morrison

Lance

Dakota

Niobrara

Pierre Shale

Dakota

Lakota

Portland

Bull Canyon

Arapahoe

Chinle

Denver

Iron Springs

Denver

Laramie

Morrison

Navajo Sandstone

Harebell

Cloverly

Lance

Cloverly

Judith River

Lance

Fruitland

Glen Rose Limestone

Judith River

Kayenta

Ringbone

Twin Mountains

St Marys

Matanuska

Moreno Hill

Fruitland

Rexroad

Morrison

Budden Canyon

Crevasse Canyon

Black Peaks

Travis Peak

Edwards Limestone

El Picacho

Ferris

Lance

Glen Rose Limestone

Matanuska

Mooreville Chalk

Paluxy

Redonda

Santa Margarita

De Queen

Aztec Sandstone

Parajito

Glen Rose Limestone

Ringbone

Chinle

Dakota

Twin Mountains

Gettysburg

Glen Rose Limestone

Nanushuk

Paluxy

Glen Rose Limestone

Portland

Glen Rose Limestone

Portland

Lance

Portland

Kelvin

Schrader Bluff

Twin Mountains

Summerville

Morrison

Thomas Fork

Wayan

Portland

Iron Springs

Kirtland

Lance

Portland

Mesa Rica Sandstone

Blufftown

Muddy Sandstone

St. Mary River

Chinle

Yazoo

Hall Lake

Acredale

Kirtland

Muddy Sandstone

Raton

Lance

Entrada Sandstone

Morrison

Passaic

Towaco

Calvert

Passaic

Fruitland/Kirtland

Lance

Fruitland/Kirtland

Mancos/Gullup

Mesaverde

Moenave

Fruitland/Kirtland

Wingate Sandstone

Portland

Chinle

Fruitland

Morrison

Chinle

Lance

Morrison

Kaiparowits

Morrison

Navajo Sandstone

Hell Creek

Palos Verdes Sand

Temblor

Judith River

Capistrano

Ojo Alamo

Lakota

Portland

Morrison

Navajo Sandstone

Turlock Lake

Turney Ranch

Copper Canyon

Judith River

Morrison

Rock Springs

Fruitland

Makah

Morrison

Bearpaw Shale

Fruitland/Kirtland

Morrison

Passaic

Horsethief

Coffee Sand

Two Medicine

Mesaverde

Calvert

Dakota

Mesaverde

Plainview

Tulare

Cooper Canyon

Morrison

Cintura

Bull Run

Judith River

Cloverly

Lance

Morrison

Patuxent

Calvert

Port Orford

Calvert

Choptank

Frontier

Lance

Nanushuk

Poway

Colton

Willwood

Wind River

Hell Creek

Judith River

Niobrara

Cedar Mountain

Willwood

Brule

Barstow

Morrison

Green River

Pawnee Creek

Wicomico

Yazoo

Arundel Clay

Ferris

Brule

Dakota

Mesa Rica Sandstone

Navesink

Redonda

Iron Springs

Donoho Creek

Peedee

Bridger

Modelo

Mooreville Chalk

Twin Mountains

Wahweap

Redonda

Rock Point

Sloan Canyon

Passaic

Chinle

Mancos Shale

Niobrara

Willwood

Hornerstown

Chinle

Twin Mountains

Fox Hills

Calvert

Boonton

Lance

Morrison

Twin Mountains

Hell Creek

Shuler

Niobrara

Chinle

Summerville/Bluff Sandstone

Summerville

Chico

Gypsum Spring

Navajo Sandstone

Aguja

Wayan

Cedar Mountain

Kaiparowits

Tecovas

Chadron

Glen Rose Limestone

Sundance

Cedar Mountain

Kayenta

Cloverly

Lewisville

Navajo Sandstone

Price River

Bull Run

Cedar Mountain

Moenave

Morrison

Twin Mountains

Morrison

Pahala

Aguja

Wasatch

Fernando

Makah

San Diego

Hell Creek

Twin Mountains

Hell Creek

Prince Creek

Two Medicine

Monterey

Patuxent

Two Medicine

Prince Creek

Tar Heel

Morrison

Fruitland

Kaiparowits

Two Medicine

Prince Creek

Cloverly

Lance

North Horn

Two Medicine

Judith River

Two Medicine

Prince Creek

Selma

Judith River

Morrison

Cloverly

Two Medicine

Lance

Naturita

Oldman

Patuxent

Hell Creek

Lance

Mancos Shale

Nye

Ash Hollow

Prince Creek

Cantwell

Chinle

Hell Creek

Dakota

Morrison

Nelsen

Two Medicine

Statenville

Temblor

Cloverly

Javelina

Lance

Morrison

Naturita

Sedan

Billman Creek

Chuckanut

Hornerstown

Marshalltown

Newark Canyon

Wahweap

Hell Creek

Judith River

Matawan

Nanushuk

Hell Creek

Prince Creek

Two Medicine

New Haven

Eutaw

San Diego

Bissett Conglomerate

Tar Heel

Dakota

Kirtland

North Horn

Hell Creek

Iron Springs

Lance

Coachman

Meeteetse

Mooreville Chalk

Newark Canyon

Popo Agie

Two Medicine

Towaco

Ashley

Kayenta

Two Medicine

Wingate Sandstone

Wingate Sandstone/Kayenta

Entrada Sandstone

Nacimiento

Navajo Sandstone

Two Medicine

Prince Creek

Hell Creek

Wilson Grove

Javelina

Lance

Ashley

Morrison

Two Medicine

Aguja

Lance

Hell Creek

Cass

Two Medicine

Wingate Sandstone

Morrison

Palm Springs

Popo Agie

Shinarump

Two Medicine

Kayenta

Kayenta/Navajo Sandstone

Marlbrook Marl

Navajo Sandstone

Ozan

Two Medicine

Port Orford

Kayenta

Naturita

Two Medicine

Wahweap

Wingate Sandstone

Dockum

Kaiparowits

Cooper Canyon

Navajo-Nugget Sandstone

Prince Creek

Mooreville Chalk

Hell Creek

Paluxy

Wayan

Steel Creek

Cantwell

Two Medicine

Wayan

Hell Creek

Makah

Cedar Mountain

Brule

Morrison

Owl Creek

Two Medicine

Tecolote

Hell Creek

Cooper Canyon

Astoria

Chalk Hills

Chinle

Raton

Hell Creek

Dry Fork

Chinle

Dakota

Morrison

Hell Creek

Coleraine

Rock Point

Burro Canyon

Navajo Sandstone

Hell Creek

North Horn

Chinle

Hell Creek

Lewisville

Uinta

Hell Creek

Lance

Morrison

Uinta

Draney Limestone

Laramie

Towaco

Uinta

Iron Springs

Donoho Creek

Judith River

Frontier

Wahweap

Judith River

Cedar Mountain

Wahweap

Fox Hills

Morrison

Niobrara

Baseline Sandstone

Hall Lake

Alturas

Hell Creek

Judith River

Coffee Sand

Dakota

Morrison

Uinta

Bluff

Morrison

Williams Fork

Hell Creek

Judith River

Morrison

Hell Creek

Adaville

Aguja

Alachua

Almond

American Falls Lake Bed E

Amole Arkose

Animas

Antlers

Aquia

Arapahoe

Arundel Clay

Hell Creek

Henefer

Hensell Sand

Holly Creek

Hornerstown

Hudspeth

Ignek

Iron Springs

Javelina

Judith River

Juntura

Kaiparowits

Kayenta

Kayenta/Navajo Sandstone

Keasey

Kirtland

Klondike Mountain

Kootenai

Lakota

Lance

Laramie

Laredo

Lewisville

Lincoln Creek

Lockatong

Lomita Marl

Ashley

Batesland

Makah

Manassas Sandstone

Mancos Shale

Manix

Marshalltown

Masuk

McDermott

McKay

McShan/Eutaw

Meeteetse

Menefee

Merchantville

Meriden

Mesa Rica Sandstone

Mesaverde

Midland

Modelo

Moenave

Moenkopi

Mojado

Monmouth

Monterey

Montezuma

Moodys Branch

Mooreville Chalk

Moreno

Morrison

Mount Laurel

Muddy Sandstone

Naknek

Nanushuk

Naturita

Navajo-Nugget Sandstone

Navajo Sandstone

Navesink

Castlegate

Neslen

Newark Canyon

Niobrara

North Horn

Nugget Sandstone

Nye

Ojo Alamo

Okeechobee

Olcott

Page Sandstone

Pajarito

Palm Springs

Palos Verdes Sand

Paluxy

Passaic

Pawnee Creek

Paw Paw

Peace River

Pekin

Petrified Forest

Pflugerville

Pierre Shale

Pinyon Conglomerate

Pittsburg Bluff

Point Loma

Point Lookout

Popo Agie

Pungo River

Purgatoire

Purisima

Pysht

Raritan

Raritan/Magothy

Raton

Ripley

Riverbank

Rock Point

Rosario

Runningwater

Saint Marys

San Carlos

San Diego

San Joaquin

San Pedro

Santa Barbara

Santiago

Segovia

Selma

Sespe

Benton

Billman Creek

Black Creek

Blackhawk

Blackleaf

Bladen

Blanco

Bluewater Creek

Blufftown

Bone Valley

Severn

Seymour

Shark River

"Sheep Pass"

Shellenberger Canyon

Shuttle Meadow

Sloan Canyon

St. Mary River

Stockton

Straight Cliffs

Stump

Summerville/Bluff Sandstone

Summerville

Tamiami

Tar Heel

Tarrant

Tecovas

Tesuque

Thomas Fork

Torreya

Travis Peak

Tres Hermanos

Trinity

Tropic Shale

Bridger

Brule

Bull Canyon

Caloosahatchee

Calvert

Cantwell

Cape Sebastian Sandstone

Capistrano

Cedar District

Cedar Mountain

Chadron

Chandler Bridge

Chinle

Choptank

Chuckanut

Claggett

Clarno

Cloverly

Valentine

Verde

Vincentown

Waccamaw

Wahweap

Waimanalo

Wasatch

Wayan

Williams Fork

Williams/Ladd

Willow Creek

Willow Tank

Willwood

Wingate Sandstone

Woodbury

Yazoo

Dawson Arkose

Demopolis Chalk

Demopolis

Denver

Donoho Creek

Drewsey

East Berlin

Eastover

Ector Chalk

Edwards Limestone

Entrada Sandstone

Etchegoin

Eutaw

Evanston

Feltville

Ferris

Florissant

Fort Crittenden

Fort Randall

Fort Union

Fox Hills

Frontier

Fruitland

Fruitland/Kirtland

Garita Creek

Gettysburg

Gila Conglomerate

Glen Rose Limestone

Glen Rose Limestone/Paluxy

Goler

Goliad

Graneros Shale

Greenhorn Limestone

Green River

Green Valley

Hagerman

Hall Lake

Harebell

Hell Creek

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