S.P. #3, South Saskatchewan River (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Sandy Point #3

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.7° N, 110.1° W: paleocoordinates 57.7° N, 74.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oldman Formation (Belly River Group), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. B. Brinkman, M. J. Ryan, and D. A. Eberth. 1998. The paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution of ceratopsids (Ornithischia) in the Upper Judith River Group of western Canada. Palaios 13:160-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67880: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Ornithischia -
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
"large theropod"
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon sp. Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978 maniraptoran