Fauna and Flora
The vertebrate fauna is dominated by the small basal ornithopod Oryctodromeus, which is known from several partial skeletons. Ankylosaurs, Tenontosaurus-like iguanodontids, large theropods, dromaeosaurs, possible neoceratopsians, large and small crocodilians, turtles, and semionotid fish are known from very fragmentary remains. Dinosaur eggshell of the family Elongatoolithidae is one of the more common fossils found.
Fossil plants are rare, but petrified wood, and foliage from angiosperms, conifers and ferns has been reported.
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