Chandler Formation
AgeEarly Jurassic (Hettangian)
RegionBaffin Island (Crimmins Island)
CountryCanada
UnderliesBravo Lake Formation

The Chandler Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Canada. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[1]

Vertebrate fauna

Crinoidea

Crinoidea of the Chandler Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
PentacrinitesP. dargniesi
  • Middle
"Some indeterminate Fossils."

Bony Fish

Ray-finned fish of the Chandler Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
ProlepidotusP. sacidus
  • Middle
"Partal Skeleton."The antecessor of Lepidotus
ThoracopterusT. magnificus
  • Middle
"Scales and skull bones."

Synapsids

Synapsids of the Chandler Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
ArnognathusA. parvidensA cynodont.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Chandler Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
MegalosauridaeIndeterminate
  • Middle
"Tibia."Actually indeterminate ceratosaur remains.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.