Moenave Formation
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The Moenave Formation is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in the southwestern United States, notable for its fluvial and lacustrine sandstones and mudstones that preserve abundant dinosaur tracks and other vertebrate fossils.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22610122 — 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: Moenave Formation Context triple: [Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers, includesFormation, Moenave Formation]
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Vermejo Formation
The Vermejo Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in the Raton Basin of the western United States, known for its coal-bearing strata and significance in regional stratigraphy.
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Toroweap Formation
The Toroweap Formation is a Permian-age sedimentary rock unit of the southwestern United States, notable for its sandstone, limestone, and gypsum layers that form prominent cliffs and slopes in the Grand Canyon region.
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Repetto Formation
The Repetto Formation is a Miocene-age sedimentary rock unit in the Los Angeles Basin known for its rich petroleum reservoirs, notably contributing to production in the Wilmington Oil Field.
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Yeso Formation
The Yeso Formation is a geologic unit of early Permian age in the southwestern United States, notable for its thick sequences of evaporites and sandstones that record arid, shallow-marine and coastal depositional environments within the Permian Basin region.
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Candeleros Formation
The Candeleros Formation is a Cretaceous-age geological formation in Patagonia, Argentina, renowned for yielding important dinosaur fossils including those of Giganotosaurus.
- 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: Moenave Formation Target entity description: The Moenave Formation is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in the southwestern United States, notable for its fluvial and lacustrine sandstones and mudstones that preserve abundant dinosaur tracks and other vertebrate fossils.
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A.
Vermejo Formation
The Vermejo Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in the Raton Basin of the western United States, known for its coal-bearing strata and significance in regional stratigraphy.
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B.
Toroweap Formation
The Toroweap Formation is a Permian-age sedimentary rock unit of the southwestern United States, notable for its sandstone, limestone, and gypsum layers that form prominent cliffs and slopes in the Grand Canyon region.
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C.
Repetto Formation
The Repetto Formation is a Miocene-age sedimentary rock unit in the Los Angeles Basin known for its rich petroleum reservoirs, notably contributing to production in the Wilmington Oil Field.
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D.
Yeso Formation
The Yeso Formation is a geologic unit of early Permian age in the southwestern United States, notable for its thick sequences of evaporites and sandstones that record arid, shallow-marine and coastal depositional environments within the Permian Basin region.
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E.
Candeleros Formation
The Candeleros Formation is a Cretaceous-age geological formation in Patagonia, Argentina, renowned for yielding important dinosaur fossils including those of Giganotosaurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
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