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Belle Fourche Formation

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The lithologic equivalent of the Graneros in the Black Hills and surrounding areas is the Belle Fourche Shale. Considerable similarity exists between these two formations, and, if the name Graneros is to be perpetuated in the Black Hills region, it would be best used to replace the name Belle Fourche
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The unit records the gradual opening and expansion of the Greenhorn Cycle of the
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Formation (that is, it is the same formation under a different name).
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Montana
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Cretaceous
Formation
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
United States
early Late-Cretaceous
formation
Wyoming
Belle Fourche River
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Western Interior Seaway
lithologically
Graneros Shale
Earth sciences portal
Paleontology portal
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Montana
Paleontology in Montana
Paleontology in North Dakota
Paleontology in South Dakota
Paleontology in Wyoming
"Geologic Unit: Belle Fourche"
Donald E. Hattin
"KGS--Graneros Shale in Central Kansas--Stratigraphy"
Kansas Geological Survey
"Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database"

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