Where: North Slope County, Alaska (69.9° N, 151.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 89.0° N, 99.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Prince Creek Formation (Colville Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Ar/Ar date of 71-72 My
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: R. A. Gangloff, A. R. Fiorillo, and D. W. Norton. 2005. The first pachycephalosaurine (Dinosauria) from the paleo-Arctic of Alaska and its paleogeographic implications. Journal of Paleontology 79(5):997-1001 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 53494: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Alaskacephale gangloffi n. gen. n. sp.
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