Where: Alberta, Canada (52.3° N, 113.8° W: paleocoordinates 60.2° N, 79.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Edmonton Group), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• described as "Lower Edmonton Formation" (now = Horseshoe Canyon Fm.)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1965
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Collected 1965 by University of Kansas/University of Alberta parties
Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 1968. Studies of Late Cretaceous vertebrates. I. The braincase of Champsosaurus Cope (Reptilia: Eosuchia). Copeia 1968(1):100-109 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34373: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.08.2003, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Champsosaurus ? albertensis Parks 1927 choristodere |