| Black Creek Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early-Mid Campanian, | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Tar Heel/Coachman Formation, Bladen Formation, Donoho Creek Formation |
| Underlies | Peedee Formation |
| Overlies | Middendorf Formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34°36′N 78°30′W / 34.6°N 78.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 35°00′N 50°12′W / 35.0°N 50.2°W |
| Region |  North Carolina  South Carolina |
| Country |  United States |
The Black Creek Group is a Late Cretaceous (early to middle Campanian)-aged geologic group in the southeastern United States, where it is known from the coastal plain of North Carolina and South Carolina. Deposited in brackish or nearshore marine conditions, it preserves fossils, including a diversity of dinosaurs and marine reptiles.[1]
It consists of the following geologic formations:[1]
- Tar Heel/Coachman Formation (oldest)
- Bladen Formation
- Donoho Creek Formation (youngest)
- ^ a b Schwimmer, David R.; Sanders, Albert E.; Erickson, Bruce R.; Weems, Robert E. (2015). "A Late Cretaceous Dinosaur and Reptile Assemblage from South Carolina, Usa". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 105 (2): i–157. ISSN 0065-9746.