4 miles SW of Little Sandhill Creek, Red Deer River Valley (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Champsosaurus natator referred specimen (NMC 8922) locality

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.7° N, 111.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.0° N, 76.1° W)

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When: Oldman Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. M. Sternberg in 1917; reposited in the NMC

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1956. The Cretaceous reptiles Champsosaurus natator Parks. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 145:1-51 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117930: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 28.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere
NMC 8922 (fragmentary skull and partial skeleton), 2785 (right mandible)