Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-5): Late Santonian, Canada
collected by R. Fox

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Osteichthyes - Dromaeosauridae
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."
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]