Also known as Tanke Site 1

Where: Alberta, Canada (55.1° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 64.0° N, 82.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wapiti Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, fine-grained, gray, carbonaceous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts

Collected by G. Robinson, D. Tanke in 1970s?, 2003; reposited in the TMP

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

Primary reference: D. H. Tanke. 2004. Mosquitoes and mud: the 2003 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology expedition to the Grande Prairie region (northwestern Alberta, Canada). Alberta Palaeontological Society Bulletin 19(2):3-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220122: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.05.2021

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