page_title: Laramie Formation
hierarchical_section_title: Laramie Formation
caption_attribution_description: English: Exposure of the Laramie Formation in Weld County, Colorado. A Triceratops skull was found nearby.
context_page_description: The Laramie Formation is a geologic formation of Late Cretaceous age, named by Clarence King in 1876 for exposures in northeastern Colorado, in the United States. It was deposited on a coastal plain and in coastal swamps that flanked the Western Interior Seaway. It contains coal, clay and uranium deposits, as well as plant and animal fossils, including dinosaur remains.
context_section_description: The Laramie Formation is a geologic formation of Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) age, named by Clarence King in 1876 for exposures in northeastern Colorado, in the United States. It was deposited on a coastal plain and in coastal swamps that flanked the Western Interior Seaway. It contains coal, clay and uranium deposits, as well as plant and animal fossils, including dinosaur remains.
caption: A typical outcrop of the Laramie Formation in northeastern Colorado.
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