Also known as Socognathus type locality
Where: Alberta, Canada (50.7° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 58.0° N, 76.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Oldman Formation (Belly River Group), Judithian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: University of Alberta Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory
Primary reference: K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1991. New teiid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation (Judithian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, with a review of the Cretaceous record of teiids. Annals of Carnegie Museum 60(2):145-162 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116537: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 08.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Parasaniwa "n. sp. cf. wyomingensis" Gilmore 1928 squamates | |
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Socognathus unicuspis n. gen. n. sp.
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