Also known as Edmontonia type
Where: Alberta, Canada (51.7° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 59.4° N, 84.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Edmonton Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• 560 ft above base of Edmonton
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. Paterson & C. M. Sternberg in 1924; reposited in the GSC
• "The specimen was located by the teamster, Mr. George Paterson..."
Primary reference: C. M. Sternberg. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 22:93-106 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79692: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Edmontonia longiceps n. gen. n. sp.
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