PMA Site 1, Peace River Canyon (Cretaceous to of Canada)

Also known as Grant's Flat

Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.0° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 57.8° N, 67.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gething Formation (Bullhead Mountain Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine delta plain; fine-grained, gray sandstone and bioturbated, paleosol/pedogenic siliciclastic

• "the muddy margin of a quiet body of fresh water"
• "a grey, fine-grained sandstone. Rootlets and biological turbulence are evident in overlying layers..."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by P. Currie, W. Sarjeant in 1976

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Provincial Museum of Alberta

Primary reference: W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1981. In the footsteps of dinosaurs. Explorer’s Journal 59(4):164-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126798: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
tracks
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid