page_title: Foremost Formation
section_title: Dinosaurs
hierarchical_section_title: Foremost Formation / Paleobiota / Dinosaurs
caption_attribution_description: English: The maniraptoran dinosaur Saurornitholestes digging a Multituberculate out of a burrow, as per the trace fossil described in the 2010 Geology paper "Predatory digging behavior by dinosaurs" by Dr. Edward Simpson.
context_page_description: The Foremost Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous age that underlies much of southern Alberta, Canada. It was named for outcrops in Chin Coulee near the town of Foremost and is known primarily for its dinosaur remains and other fossils.
context_section_description: The Foremost Formation has produced a lower diversity of documented dinosaurs than other Late Cretaceous units in the region like the Dinosaur Park Formation, Horseshoe Canyon Formation, and Scollard Formation. This is primarily due to their lower total fossil quantity and neglect from collectors who are hindered by the isolation and scarcity of well-exposed outcrops. The fossils are primarily isolated teeth recovered from vertebrate microfossil sites.
caption: Saurornitholestes
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