Geologic Time Scale: Cretaceous Campanian Stage
(83.6 to 72.1 million years ago)
The Cretaceous Period is the third and final period of the Mesozoic and the longest period of the Phanerozoic Eon. The period as first defined by Belgian geologist Jean d’Omalius d’Halloy in 1822 as the Terrain Cretace, using starta (layers) in the Paris Basin and names for the extensive beds of chalk(calcium carbonate deposited by the shells of marine invertebrates, principally coccoliths), found in the upper Cretaceous of Western Europe. The name is derived from the Latin creta meaning “chalk”, which is abundant in the later half of the period.
During the Cretaceous, the late-Paleozoic-to-early-Mesozoic supercontinent of Pangaea completed its tectonic breakup into the present-day continents, although their positions were substantially different at the time. The Earth’s Climate was warmer than today, and sea level was much higher. The end of the Cretaceous period (along with the Mesozoic) ended with the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event (formerly known as the KT boundary).
Campanian Age/Stage
Late Cretaceous: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago
The Campanian Epoch is the second to last age in the Late Cretaceous Period. The time is known for high dinosaur diversity and rising sea levels all around the world. The most well know of these seas was the North American western interior seaway. In 1857 Henri Coquand named the Campainian after the western French village of Champagne.
North American Campanian Stage Late Cretaceous: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago
North American Great Western Interior Seaway
Genus: Baculites
Name meaning: “walking stick rock”
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locality: North America , Europe (Turonian to Campanian)
Time: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian)
Genus: Diplomoceras
Name meaning: “Double horn”
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Lower Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian)
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Genus: Scapanorhynchus “Spade snout“.
Classification: Order: Lamniformes - Family: Mitsukurinidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Cretaceous (Aptian to Maastrichtian ) to Paleogene.
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Genus: Cretoxyrhina “Cretaceous jaws“
Classification: Order: Lamniformes - Family: Cretoxyrhinidae
Locations: Worldwide
Time period: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian)
Size: Up to 7 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Name: Xiphactinus “Sword Ray”
Classification: Class: Actinopterygii – Order: Ichthyodectiformes – Family: Ichthyodectidae
Type: Carnivore/Piscivore
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Known locations: USA; Alabama, Georgia, Kansas. Europe; Australia. Canada
Time period: Cretaceous (Coniacian to Maastrichtian)
Name: Archelon ”Ruling turtle”
Classification: Order: Testudines - Suborder: Cryptodira – Family: Protostegidae
Diet: Sea jellies and cephalopods
Known locations: South Dakota and Wyoming
Time period: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Size: 4 meter long, 4.9 meters wide
Name: Elasmosaurus ”Ribbon lizard”
Species: E. platyurus (type)
Classification: Order: Plesiosauria – Family: Elasmosauridae
Size: 13-14 meters long
Known locations: USA, particularly associated with Kansas - Pierre Shale.
Time period: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Diet: Piscivore
Name: Dolichorhynchops “Long-nosed eye”
Classification: Order: Plesiosauria – Suborder: Plesiosauroidea – Family: Polycotylidae
Size: 3 meters long
Known locations: Canada, Saskatchewan; Bearpaw Formation. USA, Kansas; Smokey Hill Chalk & Fort Hays Limestone, Utah - Tropic Shale
Time period: Cretaceous (Turonian to Campanian)
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Alexornis “Ancient wing”
Classification: Family: Alexornithidae
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanain)
Locality: Mexico, Baja California – Bocana Roja Formation
Size: 50 centimeters long
Diet: Carnivore/Insectivore
Name: Pteranodon “toothless wing”
Classification: Suborder: Pterodactyloidea – Family: Pteranodontidae
Time: Cretaceous (Coniacian to Campanian)
Locality: United States – Niobrara Formation, Pierre Shale Formation
Size: Males: 5.6 m wingspan, Females: 3.5 m
Diet: Piscivore
Name: Pteranodon “toothless wing”
Classification: Suborder: Pterodactyloidea – Family: Pteranodontidae
Time: Cretaceous (Coniacian to Campanian)
Locality: United States – Niobrara Formation, Pierre Shale Formation
Size: Males: 5.6 m wingspan, Females: 3.5 m
Diet: Piscivore
Name: Pteranodon sternbergi or Geosternbergia
Classification: Suborder: Pterodactyloidea – Family: Pteranodontidae
Time: Cretaceous (Coniacian to Campanian)
Locality: United States – lower Niobrara Formation
Size: 3 to 6 meters
Diet: Piscivore
Horseshoe Canyon Formation: Alberta, Western Canada 74 to 67 MYA
Genus: Albertosaurus “Alberta lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae – Subfamily: Albertosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA and Canada
Size: 10 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Atrociraptor “Cruel thief”
Classification: Family: Dromaeosauridae – Clade: Eudromaeosauria – Subfamily: Saurornitholestinae
Time: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian )
Locality: Canada, Alberta - Horseshoe Canyon Formation
Size:Uncertain due to low amount of fossil remains
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Struthiomimus “Ostrich mimic”
Classification: Family: Ornithomimidae
Time: Cretaceous (Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation and Horseshoe Canyon Formation. USA - Hell Creek Formation.
Size: 4.3 meters long
Diet: Omnivore?
Genus: Ornithomimus “Bird mimic”
Classification: Family: Ornithomimidae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: USA and Canada
Size: 3.8 meters long
Diet: Omnivore?
Genus: Pachyrhinosaurus “thick nosed lizard“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae – Tribe: Pachyrhinoaurini
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta - Bearpaw Formation, Horseshoe Canyon Formation. USA, Alaska - Prince Creek Formation
Size: 8 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Saurolophus “lizard crest“
Classification: Tribe: Saurolophini
Time: Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Mongolia - Nemegt Formation. Possibly also USA: California - Moreno Formation and China - Heilongjiang Province
Size: 10 to 12 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Hypacrosaurus “near the high lizard”
Classification: Tribe: Lambeosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian to early Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Horseshoe Canyon Formation. USA: Montana - Two Medicine Formation
Size: 9.1 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Name: Edmontosaurus “Edmonton lizard”
Classification: Tribe: Edmontosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta and Saskatchewan. USA: Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Size: 9 to as much as 12 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Euoplocephalus (well armoured head)
Classification: Family: Ankylosauridae – Subfamily: Ankylosarinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur Park & Horseshoe Canyon Formation. USA, Montana - Judith River Formation
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Edmontonia (From Edomonton - After the Edmonton Formation)
Classification: Family: Nodosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada and USA
Size: 6.6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Champsosaurus “crocodile lizard“
Classification: Order: Choristodera, Family: Champsosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Turonian) to Paleocene (Thanetian)
Locality: Canada and USA
Size: 1.5 to 3.5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Bearpaw Formation: 75 to 72 Mya
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name: “Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Genus: Diplomoceras
Name meaning: “Double horn”
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Lower Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian)
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Cretoxyrhina “Cretaceous jaws“
Classification: Order: Lamniformes - Family: Cretoxyrhinidae
Locations: Worldwide
Time period: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian)
Size: Up to 7 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Scapanorhynchus “Spade snout“
Classification: Order: Lamniformes - Family: Mitsukurinidae
Locations: Worldwide
Time period: Cretaceous (Aptian to Maastrichtian ) to Paleogene
Size: Up to 3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Name: Dolichorhynchops “Long-nosed eye”
Classification: Order: Plesiosauria – Suborder: Plesiosauroidea – Family: Polycotylidae
Size: 3 meters long
Known locations: Canada, Saskatchewan; Bearpaw Formation. USA, Kansas; Smokey Hill Chalk & Fort Hays Limestone, Utah - Tropic Shale
Time period: Cretaceous (Turonian to Campanian)
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mosasaurus (”Meuse lizard - after the Meuse River”)
Classification: Tribe: Mosasaurini.
Known locations: Western Europe and North America
Time period: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Size: 15 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Tylosaurus (Knob lizard)
Classification: Subfamily: Tylosaurinae
Known locations: Canada. Central states of USA
Time period: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Size: 15 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Daspletosaurus “Frightful lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta, Judith River Group - USA, Montana, Judith River Formation
Size: 8 to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Edmontonia (From Edomonton - After the Edmonton Formation)
Classification: Family: Nodosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada and USA
Size: 6.6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Kirkland Formation: 75 to 73.5 Mya
Genus: Daspletosaurus “Frightful lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta, Judith River Group - USA, Montana, Judith River Formation
Size: 8 to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Bistahieversor “Bistahi Destroyer”
Classification: Superfamily: Tyrannosauroidea
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA, New Mexico – Kirkland Formation
Size: 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Parasaurolophus “near lizard crest”
Classification: Tribe: Parasaurolophini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation. USA: New Mexico - Kirtland Formation, possibly Fruitland Formation, Utah - Kaiparowits Formation.
Size: 9.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Pentaceratops “five horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Chasmosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: New Mexico and Colorado
Size: 6 to 7 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Parasaurolophus “near lizard crest”
Classification: Tribe: Parasaurolophini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation. USA: New Mexico - Kirtland Formation, possibly Fruitland Formation, Utah - Kaiparowits Formation.
Size: 9.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Dinosaur Park Formation: Alberta, Canada 76.5 to 74.4 Mya
Genus: Daspletosaurus “Frightful lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta, Judith River Group - USA, Montana, Judith River Formation
Size: 8 to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Gorgosaurus “Fierce lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae – Subfamily: Albertosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta and possibly US state of Montana
Size: 8 to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hesperonychus “western claw”
Classification: Clade: Microraptoria
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada
Size: 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Ornithomimus “Bird mimic”
Classification: Family: Ornithomimidae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: USA and Canada
Size: 3.8 meters long
Diet: Omnivore?
Genus: Champsosaurus “crocodile lizard“
Classification: Order: Choristodera, Family: Champsosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Turonian) to Paleocene (Thanetian)
Locality: Canada and USA
Size: 1.5 to 3.5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Genus: Parasaurolophus “near lizard crest”
Classification: Tribe: Parasaurolophini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation. USA: New Mexico - Kirtland Formation, possibly Fruitland Formation, Utah - Kaiparowits Formation.
Size: 9.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Lambeosaurus “Lambe’s lizard”
Classification: Tribe: Lambeosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta. USA: Montana. Possibly also Baja California.
Size: 9 to 9.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Corythosaurus “helmet lizard“
Classification: Tribe: Lambeosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta. USA: Montana
Size: 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Gryposaurus “hook nosed lizard“
Classification: Tribe: Kritosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Late Sanonian to Campanian)
Locality: United States: Montana – Two Medicine Formation, Utah – Kaiparowits Formation. Canada: Alberta-Dinosaur Park Formation
Size: 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Monoclonius “single sprout“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Time: Late Cretaceous
Locality: USA: Montana. Possibly Canada
Size: Unknown meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Pentaceratops “five horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Chasmosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: New Mexico and Colorado
Size: 6 to 7 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Chasmosaurus “cleft lizard“
Classification: Subfamily: Chasmosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation
Size: 4.3 to 4.8 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Vagaceratops “Wandering horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Chasmosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation.
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Mercuriceratops “Mercury horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Chasmosaurinae?
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation. USA: Montana - Judith River Formation
Size: 4.5 to 4.8 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Styracosaurus “spiked lizard“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation.
Size: 5.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Euoplocephalus (well armoured head)
Classification: Family: Ankylosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur Park & Horseshoe Canyon Formation. USA, Montana - Judith River Formation
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Edmontonia (From Edomonton - After the Edmonton Formation)
Classification: Family: Nodosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada and USA
Size: 6.6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Kaiparowits Formation: Utah 77.3 to 74.9 MYA
Genus: Utahceratops “Utah horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Chasmosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: Utah – Kiaparowits Formation
Size: 4.5 to 5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Kosmoceratops “ornament horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Chasmosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: Utah – Kaiparowits Formation
Size: 4.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Nasutoceratops “large nosed horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: Utah – Kaiparowits Formation
Size: 4.8 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Gryposaurus “hook nosed lizard“
Classification: Tribe: Kritosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Late Sanonian to Campanian)
Locality: United States: Montana – Two Medicine Formation, Utah – Kaiparowits Formation. Canada: Alberta-Dinosaur Park Formation
Size: 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Ornithomimus “Bird mimic”
Classification: Family: Ornithomimidae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: USA and Canada
Size: 3.8 meters long
Diet: Omnivore?
Genus: Deinosuchus “terrible crocodile“
Classification: Order: Crocodylia, Family: Alligatoridea
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Mexico and USA
Size: 10 to 12 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Foremost Formation: Alberta, Canada 79.5 to 77.5 MYA
Genus: Saurornitholestes “lizard bird thief”
Classification: Family: Dromaeosauridae – Clade: Eudromaeosauria
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation, Oldman Formation. USA, Montana - Two Medicine Formation, New Mexico - Kirtland Formation
Size: 1.8 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenoceratops “alien horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta – Foremost Formation
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Judith Formation: 79 to 75.3 Mya
Genus: Daspletosaurus “Frightful lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta, Judith River Group - USA, Montana, Judith River Formation
Size: 8 to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Gorgosaurus “Fierce lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae – Subfamily: Albertosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta and possibly US state of Montana
Size: 8 to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Troodon “wounding tooth”
Classification: Tribe: Troodontinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA, Montana – Judith Formation
Size: 1.8 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Champsosaurus “crocodile lizard“
Classification: Order: Choristodera, Family: Champsosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Turonian) to Paleocene (Thanetian)
Locality: Canada and USA
Size: 1.5 to 3.5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Genus: Edmontonia (From Edomonton - After the Edmonton Formation)
Classification: Family: Nodosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada and USA
Size: 6.6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Medusaceratops “Medusa horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Chasmosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: Montana – Judith River Formation
Size: Unknown meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Monoclonius “single sprout“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Time: Late Cretaceous
Locality: USA: Montana. Possibly Canada
Size: Unknown meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Avaceratops “Ava horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae – Tribe: Nasutoceratopsini
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: Montana – Judith River Formation
Size: 4.2 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Corythosaurus “helmet lizard“
Classification: Tribe: Lambeosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta. USA: Montana
Size: 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Two Medicine Formation: Montana, United States and Alberta, Canada 83.5 to 74.9 MYA
Genus: Daspletosaurus “Frightful lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta, Judith River Group - USA, Montana, Judith River Formation
Size: 8 to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Gorgosaurus “Fierce lizard”
Classification: Family: Tyrannosauridae – Subfamily: Albertosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Canada, Alberta and possibly US state of Montana
Size: 8 to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Troodon “wounding tooth” now named: Stenonychosaurus
Classification: Tribe: Troodontinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA, Montana – Judith Formation
Size: 1.8 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Maiasaura “good mother lizard”
Classification: Tribe: Brachylophosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian)
Locality: United States: Montana – Two Medicine Formation
Size: 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Gryposaurus “hook nosed lizard“
Classification: Tribe: Kritosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Late Sanonian to Campanian)
Locality: United States: Montana – Two Medicine Formation, Utah – Kaiparowits Formation. Canada: Alberta-Dinosaur Park Formation
Size: 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Hypacrosaurus “near the high lizard”
Classification: Tribe: Lambeosaurini
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian to early Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada: Alberta - Horseshoe Canyon Formation. USA: Montana - Two Medicine Formation
Size: 9.1 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Einiosaurus “buffalo lizard“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae – Tribe: Pachyrhinoaurini
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: Montana – Two Medicine Formation
Size: 4.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Achelousaurus “Achelous’s lizard“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: Montana – Two Medicine Formation
Size: Skull up to 1.6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Edmontonia (From Edomonton - After the Edmonton Formation)
Classification: Family: Nodosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Canada and USA
Size: 6.6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Wahweap Formation: Grand Staircase-Escante National Monument 82.2 to 77.3 MYA
Genus: Lythronax “Gore king”
Classification: Subfamily: Tyrannosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Early Campanian)
Locality: USA, Utah – Wahweap Formation, Kaiparowits Formation?
Size: 7.3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Diabloceratops “Devil horned face“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: USA: Utah
Size: Unknown meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Asian Campanian Stage Late Cretaceous: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago
Genus: Therizinosaurus “Scythe lizard”
Classification: Superfamily: Therizinosauroidea
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Mongolia
Size: 10 meters long
Diet: Herbivore?
Genus: Nanshiungosaurus “Nanshiung lizard”
Classification: Superfamily: Therizinosauroidea
Time: Cretaceous (Barremian to Campanian)
Locality: China - Chijinbao Formation, Nanxiong Formation, Yuanpu Formation.
Size: 5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Deinocheirus “Terrible hand”
Classification: Family: Deinocheiridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Mongolia, Nemegt Formation
Size: 10 to 11 meters long
Diet: Omnivore?
Genus: Mononykus “one claw”
Classification: Tribe: Mononykini
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Mongolia – Nemegt Formation
Size: 1 meter long
Diet: Insectivore?
Genus: Gigantoraptor “Giant thief”
Classification: Family: Oviraptoridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Mongolia – Iren Dabasu Formation
Size: 8 meters long
Diet: Omnivore?
Genus: Sinoceratops “Chinese Ceratopsian“
Classification: Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: China, Shandong Province.
Size: Skull is estimated to have measured as much as 1.8 meters long.
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Tsintaosaurus “Qingdao lizard”
Classification: Tribe:
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: China, Shandong Province
Size: 10 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Saichania ”beautiful one”
Classification: Family: Ankylosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Mongolia, Nemegt Basin - Barun Goyot Formation
Size: 6.6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Djadochta Formation: Mongolia 75 to 71 Mya
Genus: Velociraptor “swift thief”
Classification: Family: Dromaeosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Mongolia, Barun Goyot Formation, Djadochta Formation
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Oviraptor “egg thief”
Classification: Subfamily: Oviraptorinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Mongolia – Djadochta Formation
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Citipati “Funeral Pyre Lord”
Classification: Family: Oviraptoridae
Time: Cretaceous
Locality: Mongolia – Djadochta Formation
Size: 2.9 to 3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Protoceratops “first horned face“
Classification: Suborder: Ceratopsia – Family: Protoceratopsidae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: China and Mongolia
Size: 1.8 to 2 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Pinacosaurus ”plank lizard)”
Classification: Family: Ankylosauridae – Subfamily: Ankylosarinae
Time: Cretaceous (Late Santonian to Campanian)
Locality: China, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Mongolia - Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadokhta Formation. Possibly in other areas of Asia, particularly in areas associated with known regions
Size: 5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
European Campanian Stage Late Cretaceous: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago
Genus: Baculites
Name meaning: “walking stick rock”
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locality: North America , Europe (Turonian to Campanian)
Time: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian)
Genus: Diplomoceras
Name meaning: “Double horn”
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Lower Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian)
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus and species: Parapuzosia seppenradensis
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Family: Desmoceratidae.
Locality: Westphalia, Germany
Time range: Late Cretaceous (Lower Campanian)
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name: “Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Genus: Cretoxyrhina “Cretaceous jaws“
Classification: Order: Lamniformes - Family: Cretoxyrhinidae
Locations: Worldwide
Time period: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian)
Size: Up to 7 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Scapanorhynchus “Spade snout“.
Classification: Order: Lamniformes - Family: Mitsukurinidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Cretaceous (Aptian to Maastrichtian ) to Paleogene.
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Name: Xiphactinus “Sword Ray”
Classification: Class: Actinopterygii – Order: Ichthyodectiformes – Family: Ichthyodectidae
Type: Carnivore/Piscivore
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Known locations: USA; Alabama, Georgia, Kansas. Europe; Australia. Canada
Time period: Cretaceous (Coniacian to Maastrichtian)
Genus: Axelrodichthys
Classification: Clade: Sarcopterygii – Order: Coelacanthiformes
Known locations: Brazil, North Africa, and Mexico (Aptian to Albian) – Morrocco (Cenomanian) – Madagascar (Coniacian to Santonian) – France (Lower Campanian to lower Maastrichtian),
Time period: Cretaceous (Albian to Santonian)
Size: 1 to 2 meters long (depending on species)
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Genus: Pyroraptor “fire thief”
Classification: Family: Dromaeosauridae
Time: Cretaceous (Late Campanian/Early Maastrichtian)
Locality: France, Provence
Size:Uncertain due to incomplete remains
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Ampelosaurus “Vine lizard”
Classification: Clade: Titanosauria
Time: Cretaceous (Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtian)
Locality: France - Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation.
Size: 16 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
South American Campanian Stage Late Cretaceous: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago
Genus: Carnotaurus “Meat eating bull”
Classification: Subfamily: Carnotaurinae
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Argentina, Chubut Province – La Colonia Formation
Size: 8 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Quilmesaurus
Classification: Subfamily: Carnotaurinae
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Locality: Argentina - Allen Formation
Size: Estimated 4.5 to 5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Austroraptor “Southern thief”
Classification: Family: Dromaeosauridae – Subfamily: Unenlagiinae
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian )
Locality: Argentina, Río Negro Province - Allen Formation
Size: 5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Saltasaurus “Salta lizard”
Classification: Family: Saltasauridea
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian)
Locality: Argentina, Salta Province – Lecho Formation
Size: 12 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Dreadnoughtus “Fearing nothing”
Classification: Clade: Titanosauria
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian)
Locality: Argentina, Santa Cruz Province
Size: 26 meters long, possibly larger.
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Stegouros “roofed tail”
Classification: Clade: Parankylosauria
Time: Cretaceous (Campanian )
Locality: Chile - Dorotea Formation
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Montealtosuchus “crocodile from Monte Alto municipality“
Classification: Suborder: Notosuchia, Family: Peirosauridae
Time: Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Locality: Brazil – Adamantina Formartion
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Australian Campanian Stage Late Cretaceous: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago
Genus: Diplomoceras
Name meaning: “Double horn”
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Lower Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian)
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name: “Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Genus: Cretoxyrhina “Cretaceous jaws“
Classification: Order: Lamniformes - Family: Cretoxyrhinidae
Locations: Worldwide
Time period: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian)
Size: Up to 7 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Scapanorhynchus “Spade snout“
Classification: Order: Lamniformes - Family: Mitsukurinidae
Locations: Worldwide
Time period: Cretaceous (Aptian to Maastrichtian ) to Paleogene
Size: Up to 3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
