Laramie Formation
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The Laramie Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic unit in the western United States known for its coal-bearing strata and dinosaur fossils.
All labels observed (1)
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| Laramie Formation canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15239005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laramie Formation Context triple: [Fox Hills Formation, underlies, Laramie Formation]
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Kiowa Formation
The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
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Morrison Formation
The Morrison Formation is a vast Late Jurassic sedimentary rock formation in the western United States renowned for its exceptionally rich assemblage of dinosaur fossils, including iconic sauropods and theropods.
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Dakota Formation
The Dakota Formation is a widespread Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in North America, noted for its sandstone deposits that record the advance of the Western Interior Seaway and preserve abundant plant and dinosaur fossils.
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Fort Union Formation
The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
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Wasatch Formation
The Wasatch Formation is an early Eocene sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, noted for its fluvial deposits and rich fossil record documenting post-dinosaur mammalian evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laramie Formation Target entity description: The Laramie Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic unit in the western United States known for its coal-bearing strata and dinosaur fossils.
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A.
Kiowa Formation
The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
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B.
Morrison Formation
The Morrison Formation is a vast Late Jurassic sedimentary rock formation in the western United States renowned for its exceptionally rich assemblage of dinosaur fossils, including iconic sauropods and theropods.
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C.
Dakota Formation
The Dakota Formation is a widespread Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in North America, noted for its sandstone deposits that record the advance of the Western Interior Seaway and preserve abundant plant and dinosaur fossils.
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D.
Fort Union Formation
The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
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E.
Wasatch Formation
The Wasatch Formation is an early Eocene sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, noted for its fluvial deposits and rich fossil record documenting post-dinosaur mammalian evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.