troodontid site, DPP (RTMP) (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.0° N, 111.4° W: paleocoordinates 57.3° N, 76.5° 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 Harrop in 1982; reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: P. J. Currie. 1987. Bird-like characteristics of the jaws and teeth of troodontid theropods (Dinosauria, Saurischia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(1):72-81 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64325: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
RTMP 1982.19.151