Fort Peck area

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The Fort Peck area is a significant paleontological region in northeastern Montana known for its rich dinosaur fossil beds and extensive research on Late Cretaceous life.

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Fort Peck area canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
paleontological site ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
environmentDuringDeposition ancient coastal plain ⓘ
floodplain environments ⓘ
fluvial systems ⓘ
fossilType dinosaur bones ⓘ
dinosaur teeth ⓘ
dinosaur trackways ⓘ
other vertebrate remains ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
hasNearbyInfrastructure Fort Peck Dam ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Fort Peck, Montana ⓘ
hasResearchActivity dinosaur systematics ⓘ
paleoecology ⓘ
taphonomy ⓘ
vertebrate paleontology ⓘ
knownFor Late Cretaceous fossils ⓘ
extensive paleontological research ⓘ
rich dinosaur fossil beds ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
northeastern Montana ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Montana
partOf Northern Great Plains dinosaur-bearing regions ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains

Western Interior of North America ⓘ
researchStatus actively studied by paleontologists ⓘ
significance important for biostratigraphic correlations in the Western Interior ⓘ
important for dinosaur diversity studies in North America ⓘ
important for understanding Late Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ
stratigraphicContext Cretaceous sedimentary rocks ⓘ

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Hell Creek Formation → hasResearchSite → Fort Peck area ⓘ