Hell Creek Formation

Summary

Hell Creek Formation is a geological formation^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.22% of geological_formation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (816 views/month, #2 of 896).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hell Creek Formation is located in North Dakota^[3].
• Hell Creek Formation is in the country of United States^[4].
• Hell Creek Formation's image is recorded as Hell Creek.jpg^[5].
• Hell Creek Formation's instance of is recorded as geological formation^[6].
• Hell Creek Formation's Commons category is recorded as Hell Creek Formation^[7].
• Hell Creek Formation's temporal range start is recorded as Maastrichtian^[8].
• Hell Creek Formation's temporal range end is recorded as Danian^[9].
• Hell Creek Formation's has part is recorded as Tanis^[10].
• Hell Creek Formation's underlies is recorded as Fort Union Formation^[11].
• Hell Creek Formation's overlies is recorded as Fox Hills Formation^[12].
• Hell Creek Formation's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.9, 'lon': -101.5}^[13].
• Hell Creek Formation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09k_zd^[14].
• Hell Creek Formation's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge619281^[15].
• Hell Creek Formation's described at URL is recorded as https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/HellCreekRefs_8598.html^[16].
• Hell Creek Formation's fossil found in this unit is recorded as Tyrannosaurus rex^[17].
• Hell Creek Formation's fossil found in this unit is recorded as Nanotyrannus^[18].
• Hell Creek Formation's fossil found in this unit is recorded as Dinotyrannus megagracilis^[19].
• Hell Creek Formation's fossil found in this unit is recorded as Aublysodon molnari^[20].
• Hell Creek Formation's fossil found in this unit is recorded as Aublysodon cf. mirandus^[21].
• Hell Creek Formation's fossil found in this unit is recorded as Albertosaurus megagracilis^[22].
• Hell Creek Formation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Hell-Creek-Formation^[23].
• Hell Creek Formation's heritage designation is recorded as National Natural Landmark^[24].
• Hell Creek Formation's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hell Creek Formation'}^[25].
• Hell Creek Formation's National Natural Landmarks site ID is recorded as HECR-MT^[26].
• Hell Creek Formation's Geolex ID is recorded as HellCreek_8598^[27].

Why It Matters

Hell Creek Formation ranks in the top 0.22% of geological_formation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (816 views/month, #2 of 896).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]