Also known as C. irvinensis type site
Where: Alberta, Canada (50.0° N, 110.3° W: paleocoordinates 57.0° N, 75.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• upper Dinosaur Park Formation, within 2 m of Lethbridge Coal Zone (top of Fm.)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L. Lindoe & W. Langston in 1958; reposited in the NMC
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), mechanical,
Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1966. Dinosaur hunting in western Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 70:1-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24891: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chasmosaurus irvinensis n. sp." = Vagaceratops irvinensis
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