| McRae Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian (Lancian) ~ | |
 McRae Group near its type location, Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico, USA. The light bands are "bathtub rings" from stands of the reservoir. | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Hall Lake Formation, Jose Creek Formation, Double Canyon Formation |
| Underlies | Love Ranch Formation |
| Overlies | Mesaverde Group |
| Thickness | 3,000 ft (910 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, shale, conglomerate |
| Other | Tuff |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 33°11′49″N 107°10′01″W / 33.197°N 107.167°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 40°24′N 85°42′W / 40.4°N 85.7°W |
| Region | New Mexico |
| Country |  United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Fort McRae |
| Named by | Kelley & Silver |
| Year defined | 1952 |
  McRae Group (the United States)  McRae Group (New Mexico) | |
The McRae Group is a geological group exposed in southern New Mexico whose strata, including layers of the Hall Lake Formation and Jose Creek Formation, date to the Late Cretaceous.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from this unit.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ Kelley & Silver 1952.
- ^ Weishampel, Dodson & Osmólska 2004, pp. 574–588.
- ^ Lozinsky, Richard; Hunt, Adrian; Wolberg, Donald; Lucas, Spencer (1984) [November 1984]. "Late Cretaceous (Lancian) dinosaurs from the McRae Formation, Sierra County, New Mexico". New Mexico Geology. 6 (4): 72–77. doi:10.58799/NMG-v6n4.72.
- ^ Wolberg, Donald; Lozinsky, Richard; Hunt, Adrian (1986). "Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian-Lancian) vertebrate paleontology of the McRae Formation, Elephant Butte area, Sierra County, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geological Society. 37: 227–234.
- ^ Buck, Brenda J.; Mack, Greg H. (October 1995). "Latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) aridity indicated by paleosols in the McRae Formation, south-central New Mexico". Cretaceous Research. 16 (5): 559–572. Bibcode:1995CrRes..16..559B. doi:10.1006/cres.1995.1036. ISSN 0195-6671.