Also known as Apatoraptor type
Where: Alberta, Canada (51.5° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 59.2° N, 84.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Horsethief Member (Horseshoe Canyon Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• from bed just above coal 7
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1993; reposited in the TMP
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: G. F. Funston and P. J. Currie. 2016. A new caenagnathid (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada, and a reevaluation of the relationships of Caenagnathidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(4):e1160910:1-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180856: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.08.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Apatoraptor pennatus n. gen. n. sp.
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