Where: Alberta, Canada (51.9° N, 113.0° W: paleocoordinates 59.6° N, 84.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Scollard Formation (Edmonton Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• 60 m above base of formation (Kneehills Tuff), and 10.4 m above Nevis Seam no. 13, 9 m below Ardley Seam no. 14 - corrected to 4.5 m below Nevis
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Sternberg in 1946; reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: D. A. Russell and C. Singh. 1978. The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in south-central Alberta—a reappraisal based on dinosaurian and microfloral extinctions. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 15:284-292 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47128: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"cf. Triceratops albertensis" = Triceratops horridus
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