Also known as Tanke Site 2
Where: Alberta, Canada (55.1° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 64.0° N, 82.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Unit 4 Member (Wapiti Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Upper unit four of the Wapiti Formation (equivalent to the lower part of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation in southern Alberta), which accumulated during the latest Campanian. Dinosaur is from a fallen boulder in this area.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, fine-grained sandstone and siltstone
•"The bones occur between two thick and massive sandstone units, in a 20–30 cm thick siltstone with numerous small, green clay pellets."
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts
Collected by L. Paslawski in 2003
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• Repository: Laboratory of Vertebrate Paleontology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; UALVP.
Primary reference: D. H. Tanke. 2004. Mosquitoes and mud: the 2003 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology expedition to the Grande Prairie region (northwestern Alberta, Canada). Alberta Palaeontological Society Bulletin 19(2):3-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138447: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2013, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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