Mowry Shale
The Mowry Shale is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation.
The formation was named for Mowrie Creek, northwest of Buffalo in Johnson County, Wyoming. The Mowry crops out or occurs at depth in parts of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. It occurs within the following geologic regions:
- Big Horn Basin
- Central Montana Uplift
- Chadron Arch
- Denver Basin
- Green River Basin
- Montana Fold Belt
- North Park Basin
- Powder River Basin
- Sweetgrass Arch
- Uinta Uplift
- Williston Basin
- Wind River Basin
- Yellowstone Province
Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
