Also known as Albertochampsa langstoni type
Where: Alberta, Canada (50.8° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Originally described as the Oldman Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with siderite
Collected in 1972
Primary reference: B. R. Erickson. 1972. Albertochampsa langstoni, gen. et sp. nov. A new Alligator from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Scientific publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota, New Series 2(1-3):1-13 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123414: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 21.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Albertochampsa langstoni n. gen. n. sp.
Albertochampsa langstoni n. gen. n. sp. Erickson 1972 crocodilian SMM P67.15.3 - holotype (Nearly complete skull lacking the lower jaws)
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