Horseshoe Canyon Formation
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The Horseshoe Canyon Formation is a Late Cretaceous geological formation in Alberta, Canada, renowned for its rich and diverse dinosaur fossil assemblages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Horseshoe Canyon Formation canonical | 4 |
| Horseshoe Canyon | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14950211 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horseshoe Canyon Formation Context triple: [Thescelosaurus neglectus, foundInFormation, Horseshoe Canyon Formation]
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Horseshoe Canyon
Horseshoe Canyon is a notable section of the Coso Rock Art District in California, recognized for its concentration of ancient Native American petroglyphs.
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Toroweap Formation
The Toroweap Formation is a Permian-age sedimentary rock unit of the southwestern United States, notable for its sandstone, limestone, and gypsum layers that form prominent cliffs and slopes in the Grand Canyon region.
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Wahweap Formation
The Wahweap Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in southern Utah renowned for its rich fossil record of dinosaurs and other ancient life.
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Poison Canyon Formation
The Poison Canyon Formation is a geologic rock unit in the Raton Basin of Colorado and New Mexico, known for its Paleocene-age fluvial sandstones, mudstones, and coal beds that record post-dinosaur terrestrial environments.
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Moenkopi Formation
The Moenkopi Formation is a widespread Triassic-age sedimentary rock unit of the southwestern United States, known for its reddish-brown mudstones and sandstones that record ancient river, tidal, and shallow marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horseshoe Canyon Formation Target entity description: The Horseshoe Canyon Formation is a Late Cretaceous geological formation in Alberta, Canada, renowned for its rich and diverse dinosaur fossil assemblages.
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A.
Horseshoe Canyon
Horseshoe Canyon is a notable section of the Coso Rock Art District in California, recognized for its concentration of ancient Native American petroglyphs.
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B.
Toroweap Formation
The Toroweap Formation is a Permian-age sedimentary rock unit of the southwestern United States, notable for its sandstone, limestone, and gypsum layers that form prominent cliffs and slopes in the Grand Canyon region.
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C.
Wahweap Formation
The Wahweap Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in southern Utah renowned for its rich fossil record of dinosaurs and other ancient life.
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D.
Poison Canyon Formation
The Poison Canyon Formation is a geologic rock unit in the Raton Basin of Colorado and New Mexico, known for its Paleocene-age fluvial sandstones, mudstones, and coal beds that record post-dinosaur terrestrial environments.
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E.
Moenkopi Formation
The Moenkopi Formation is a widespread Triassic-age sedimentary rock unit of the southwestern United States, known for its reddish-brown mudstones and sandstones that record ancient river, tidal, and shallow marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Horseshoe Canyon Formation
linked to: Horseshoe Canyon Formation