Horsethief Canyon (Cretaceous to of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.5° N, 112.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 62.5° N, 66.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1996–1997; reposited in the TMP

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

Primary reference: D. H. Tanke and P. J. Currie. 2010. A history of Albertosaurus discoveries in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47(9):1197-1211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206399: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Albertosaurus sarcophagus Osborn 1905 Alberta lizard
TMP 1997.058.0001