Gilchrist Ranch: Late/Upper Santonian, Canada
collected 1991
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Gilchristosuchus palatinus n. gen., n. sp.
Wu and Brinkman 1993
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.3° North, 73.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Milk River | Member: | Deadhorse Coulee |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated minor elements: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMP | Collection dates: | 1991 |
| Taxonomic list comments:apparently only one taxon | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Deer Creek Coulee; Dear Creek Ranch | ||
| Database number: | 27531 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-09 20:25:41 | Last modified: | 2015-08-13 09:58:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-09 20:25:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7582. | X.-C. Wu and D. B. Brinkman. 1993. A new crocodylomorph of "mesosuchian" grade from the Upper Cretaceous upper Milk River Formation, southern Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(2):153-160 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |