Coffee Sand

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Tennessee, US}}

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The Coffee Sand is a geologic formation in Tennessee. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. It preserved indeterminate hadrosauroids including a possible adult Eotrachodon.{{Cite journal|last=Brownstein|first=Chase D.|date=2018-02-08|title=The biogeography and ecology of the Cretaceous non-avian dinosaurs of Appalachia|url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2018/2123-appalachia-biogeography|journal=Palaeontologia Electronica|language=English|volume=21|issue=1|pages=1–56|doi=10.26879/801|issn=1094-8074|doi-access=free}}

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  • {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}

Category:Cretaceous Tennessee

Category:Cretaceous Mississippi

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