Where: Alberta, Canada (49.9° N, 113.0° W: paleocoordinates 57.8° N, 80.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Edmonton Group), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
• Portions of a skeleton and skin impressions from the flank of a hadrosaur of indeterminate species (NMC 9486) were found at the same level less than 46 m from the footprint.
Preservation: mold/impression, trace, soft parts
Collected by W. Langston; reposited in the NMC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. J. Currie, G. C. Nadon, and M. G. Lockley. 1991. Dinosaur footprints with skin impressions from the Cretaceous of Alberta and Colorado. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 28:102-115 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 167798: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid footprint (NMC 9487) and partial skeleton with skin impressions (NMC 9486)
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