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Lance Formation: Measurement, Paleontology & Description

The Lance (Creek) Formation is a division of Late Cretaceous (dating to about 69–66 Ma) rocks in the western United States. Named after Lance Creek, Wyoming, the microvertebrate fossils and dinosaurs represent important components of the latest Mesozoic vertebrate faunas. The Lance Formation is Late Maastrichtian in age (Lancian land mammal age), and…

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Lance Formation topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Paleontology and Description as prominent areas in the source structure around Lance Formation.

Related topics
28
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
31
Extracted relationships
23
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
31

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Paleontology · 12 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Description · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Country
United States
Named for
Lance Creek, Wyoming
Overlies
Meeteetse Formation
Primary
Sandstone, siltstone, shale
Region
Wyoming
Thickness
up to 600 metres (1,970 ft)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Description

Paleontology

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Lance Formation connects Entity context

The extracted context around Lance Formation shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Lance Formation → At, Fossils, However, Late Cretaceous, Most, The Another extracted example is Lance Formation → Nanocuris, Other, Quetzalcoatlus, Remains. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Lance Formation

Top relations

related to Paleontology · 6
Lance Formation → At, Fossils, However, Late Cretaceous, Most, The
related to Other vertebrates · 4
Lance Formation → Nanocuris, Other, Quetzalcoatlus, Remains
related to Depositional environment · 3
Lance Formation → The, The Lance Formation, Western Interior Seaway
Country · 1
Lance Formation → United States
Named for · 1
Lance Formation → Lance Creek, Wyoming
Overlies · 1
Lance Formation → Meeteetse Formation
Primary · 1
Lance Formation → Sandstone, siltstone, shale
Region · 1
Lance Formation → Wyoming
Thickness · 1
Lance Formation → up to 600 metres (1,970 ft)
Type · 1
Lance Formation → Sedimentary

Important terminology

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Important terminology

formation lance creek wyoming found fauna 66 fossils late vertebrate age land cretaceous lancian 69 hell years ma maastrichtian also

Lance Formation relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 23 structured relationships around Lance Formation. Examples in this analysis include Lance Formation → Country → United States and Lance Formation → Named for → Lance Creek, Wyoming. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lance FormationCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Lance FormationNamed forLance Creek, Wyoming1.00infobox
Lance FormationOverliesMeeteetse Formation1.00infobox
Lance FormationPrimarySandstone, siltstone, shale1.00infobox
Lance FormationRegionWyoming1.00infobox
Lance FormationThicknessup to 600 metres (1,970 ft)1.00infobox
Lance FormationTypeSedimentary1.00infobox
Lance FormationUnderliesFort Union Formation1.00infobox
the Hell Creek Formationinstance ofroughly corresponding to the thinner equivalent formations0.80text
the base of which has been estimated at 167 years oldinstance ofroughly corresponding to the thinner equivalent formations0.80text
Lance Formationrelated to Depositional environmentThe Lance Formation0.60section
Lance Formationrelated to Depositional environmentWestern Interior Seaway0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Lance Formation bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Lance, Late and Vertebrate. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Lance Formation
    • Lance
    • Late
    • Vertebrate
    • Wyoming
    • Found
    • Along
    • Hell
    • Lancian
    • Ma
    • Maastrichtian
    • Named
    • States
  • lance formation
    • Lance
    • Late
    • Vertebrate
    • Found
    • Wyoming
    • Also
    • Along
    • Hell
    • Lancian
    • Ma
    • Maastrichtian
    • Named
  • lance creek, wyoming
    • Ft
    • Lance
    • Thickness
    • Hell
    • Lancian
    • Ma
    • Maastrichtian
    • Named
    • States
    • United
    • Age
    • Fauna
  • hell creek formation
    • Lancian
    • Land
    • Lance
    • Hell
    • Ma
    • Maastrichtian
    • Named
    • States
    • United
    • Age
    • Dakota
    • Fauna
  • frenchman formation
    • Lance
    • Found
    • Also
    • Late
    • Wyoming
    • Along
    • Dakota
    • Ft
    • Hell
    • However
    • Lancian
    • Ma
  • scollard formation
    • Lance
    • Found
    • Also
    • Late
    • Wyoming
    • Along
    • Dakota
    • Ft
    • Hell
    • However
    • Lancian
    • Ma
  • land mammal age
    • Hell
    • Lancian
    • Upper
    • Fauna
    • Land
    • Creek
    • Dakota
    • Formations
    • However
    • Maastrichtian
    • Vertebrates
    • Years
  • late cretaceous
    • Late
    • Dakota
    • Hell
    • Lancian
    • Ma
    • Maastrichtian
    • States
    • United
    • Upper
    • Western
    • Age
    • Fauna

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Lance Formation, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Lance Formation with Paleontology. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Lance FormationPaleontology · splits 19 ⟂ 13
Lance FormationOverview · splits 20 ⟂ 12
Lance FormationDescription · splits 26 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Lance Formation

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples23
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Lance Formation to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement, Paleontology & Description, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Lance Formation · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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