Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.5° N, 104.6° W: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 79.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C. H. Sternberg and party in 1910; reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
• collected by C. H. Sternberg and party, sold to MNHN via Marcelin Boule
Primary reference: J.-G. Michard. 1986. Histoire de la découverte du spécimen d'Anatosaurus (Dinosaure, Hadrosauridé) vendu au Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris en 1911 [History of the discovery of a specimen of Anatosaurus (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) sold to the Museum of Natural History in Paris in 1911]. Annales de Paléontologie (Vert.-Invert.) 72(2):142-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 54176: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Anatosaurus annectens" = Edmontosaurus annectens
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