Verdigris Coulee (UA new collection) (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 111.8° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 73.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Deadhorse Coulee Member (Milk River Formation), Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• upper part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: Z. Johanson. 1995. New Information Concerning the Late Cretaceous Marsupial Albertatherium Fox, 1971. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(4):595-602 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108197: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Albertatherium secundus n. sp. Johanson 1995 metatherian
UALVP 29534
Albertatherium primus Fox 1971 metatherian