Holly Creek Formation
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| name = Holly Creek Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Cretaceous
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| namedfor = Little Holly Creek and Holly Creek, Howard County, Arkansas
| namedby = Harold C. Vanderpool{{cite journal|last1=Vanderpool|first1=H.C.|title=A preliminary study of the Trinity group in southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northern Texas|journal=Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists|date=1928|volume=12|pages=1079–1080}}
| region = Arkansas
| country = United States
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The Holly Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period which belong to the Trinity Group.{{Cite journal|last1=Suarez|first1=Celina A.|last2=Frederickson|first2=Joseph|last3=Cifelli|first3=Richard L.|last4=Pittman|first4=Jeffrey G.|last5=Nydam|first5=Randall L.|last6=Hunt-Foster|first6=ReBecca K.|last7=Morgan|first7=Kirsty|date=2021-10-21|title=A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA|journal=PeerJ|volume=9|pages=e12242|doi=10.7717/peerj.12242|pmid=34721970 |pmc=8542373 |issn=2167-8359 |doi-access=free }}
Flora
- Cheirolepidiaceae{{Cite journal|last1=AXSMITH|first1=BRIAN J.|last2=KRINGS|first2=MICHAEL|last3=WASELKOV|first3=KATHERINE|title=Conifer Pollen Cones from the Cretaceous of Arkansas: Implications for Diversity and Reproduction in the Cheirolepidiaceae |date=February 2004|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0402:cpcftc>2.0.co;2|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=78|issue=2|pages=402–409|doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0402:cpcftc>2.0.co;2|s2cid=129310148 |issn=0022-3360|url-access=subscription}}
Fauna
- Indeterminate Chondrichthyes
- Indeterminate Actinopterygii
- Indeterminate Amiidae
- Indeterminate Semionotiformes
- Indeterminate Pycnodontiformes
- Anomoeodus caddoi
- Lissamphibia
- Indeterminate Helochelydridae
- Naomichelys sp.
- Indeterminate Trionychids
- Indeterminate Coelognathosuchia
- Squamata
- Sciroseps pawhuskai
- Dinosauria
- Acrocanthosaurus sp.
- Deinonychus sp.
- Richardoestesia sp.
- Indeterminate Titanosauria
- Indeterminate Nodosauria
See also
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References
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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|archive-date= 25 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home|url-status= live}}
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