near Chambery Coulee (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.5° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 56.5° N, 81.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Frenchman Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• "many metres below the lowest coal seam, though not measured"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, gray claystone

• "a grey-brown clay"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. Long

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: T. K. Tokaryk. 2009. A partial skeleton of Champsosaurus from the Frenchman Formation (Maastrichtian) of Saskatchewan. In T. K. Tokaryk, E. Snively, & H. N. Bryant (eds.), Frenchman Formation Terrestrial Ecosystem Conference, Program, Abstracts of Paper, Workshops and Field Trip. Royal Saskatchewan Museum Contribution to Science 12:55-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 180638: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus cf. laramiensis Brown 1905 choristodere
RSM P2939.1, partial skeleton