The Hell Creek Formation is an intensively studied geological formation of mostly Upper Cretaceous and some Early Paleocene rocks in North America, named for exposures studied along Hell Creek, near Jordan, Montana. The formation stretches over portions of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

2025年2月3日 · In 2000 five T. rex specimens were discovered in the Hell Creek Formation. Several are now on display at the Museum of the Rockies; one of them, the “B-rex,” preserves soft tissues and also medullary bone that indicates the specimen was female.

—地狱溪组简介：地狱溪组（Hell Creek Formation）以蒙大拿州约旦附近的地狱溪命名。 该地层横跨蒙大拿州、北达科他州、南达科他州和 怀俄明州 的部分地区。

2016年8月19日 · The T. rex was found by paleontologists from Burke Museum and the University of Washington (UW) in Montana's famous dinosaur-fossil haven, the Hell Creek Formation. It has been dubbed the...

2024年12月1日 · The Hell Creek Formation has an abundance of dinosaurs, with a large species diversity that has allowed Paleontologists to keep going on digs and uncovering new specimens and even species every year. Most notable specimens include Triceratops, Edmontosaurus, and the world-renowned Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Tyrannosaurus and other animals of the Hell Creek Formation. Several notable Tyrannosaurus remains have been found in the Hell Creek Formation. During the Maastrichtian this area was subtropical, with a warm and humid climate. The flora consisted mostly of angiosperms, but also included trees like dawn redwood (Metasequoia). [245]

Paleontologists excavating in Montana’s famous Hell Creek Formation have uncovered the score of a lifetime—one of the most preserved and complete juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found. Although digging up remains of a T. rex in the area is not an uncommon feat, what makes this find unique is the quality of the fossil, and the age ...

5 天之前 · Life sized Tyrannosaurus rex statues in a prehistoric themed park setting. Image by DariuszSankowski via Pixabay. Among the most famous creatures found in the Hell Creek Formation are the Tyrannosaurus rex and the Triceratops. T. rex, the formidable predator, and Triceratops, the massive, three-horned herbivore, are often portrayed as arch ...

The Hell Creek Formation biota is most famous for its dinosaurs, most complete Hadrosaurid dinosaur ever found, but is otherwise huge and diverse, encompassing plants, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, and mammals. Bird (avian dinosaurs) and pterosaur fossils have also been found, as well as the teeth of sharks that were apparently ...

2015年9月21日 · The Hell Creek Formation (HCF), in the northern Great Plains of the United States, is the most studied source for understanding the changes in the terrestrial biota across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, because preserves an extraordinary record comprised of fossil flora, vertebrates, invertebrates, microfossils, a range of trace fossils ...