RTMP theropod, DPP (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.8° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 76.0° 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Strong in 1982; reposited in the TMP

Primary reference: P. J. Currie. 1989. The first records of Elmisaurus (Saurischia, Theropoda) from North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 26(6):1319-1324 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64149: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Caenagnathidae
"Elmisaurus elegans" = Citipes elegans
"Elmisaurus elegans" = Citipes elegans Parks 1933 maniraptoran
RTMP 1982.39.4; tarsometatarsus