SMM (T.21, R.9, W4) (Cretaceous of Canada)

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

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
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)