Also known as T. edmontoni
Where: Alberta, Canada (51.5° N, 112.7° W: paleocoordinates 59.3° N, 83.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Edmonton Group, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• listed as "Edmonton Formation", but this is now a group and the modern formational equivalent for the site is not clear
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, ferruginous, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, replaced with silica
Collected by C. H. Sternberg in 1912; reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: L. M. Lambe. 1913. The manus in a specimen of Trachodon from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. The Ottawa Naturalist 27:21-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45676: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Thespesius edmontoni n. sp." = Edmontosaurus annectens
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