Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-5): Late Santonian, Canada
collected by R. Fox
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Osteichthyes
- Dromaeosauridae
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| Larson 2008 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| Williamson and Brusatte 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| "?Aquilan cf. Richardoestesia isosceles" | ||||||||||
| Larson 2008 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| Williamson and Brusatte 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| "Aquilan cf. Richardoestesia gilmorei" | ||||||||||
| Williamson and Brusatte 2014 | 4 specimens | |||||||||
| "Milk River Saurornitholestinae gen. et sp." | ||||||||||
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Velociraptorinae indet.
Barsbold 1983
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Larson 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 111.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.8° North, 67.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Campanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 85.7 - 83.6 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Milk River | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | R. Fox |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UALVP MR-5, MR-05 | ||
| Database number: | 14424 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2026-02-12 16:28:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1510. | R. C. Fox. 1971. Early Campanian multituberculates (Mammalia: Allotheria) from the upper Milk River Formation, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:916-938 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 94184 | D. W. Larson. 2008. Diversity and variation of theropod dinosaur teeth from the uppermost Santonian Milk River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Alberta: a quantitative method supporting identification of the oldest dinosaur tooth assemblage in Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45(12):1455-1468 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 50790 | T. E. Williamson and S. L. Brusatte. 2014. Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution. PLoS ONE 9(4):e93190:1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |