Where: Alberta, Canada (55.3° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 63.8° N, 80.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baculites compressus ammonoid zone, Wapiti Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• above an ash layer dated as 73.77 ± 1.46 Ma (Ar/Ar)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; paleosol/pedogenic mudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collected in 2004-2008
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: F. Fanti, P. J. Currie, S. Graber, K. Ormay, and B. Hunt. 2007. Exploration and discovery in northwest Alberta’s Peace Country. Alberta Palaeontological Society Bulletin 22(3):15-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89604: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.06.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
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Actinopteri | |
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Reptilia | |
Troodon sp. Leidy 1856 maniraptoran | |
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Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
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Kleskunsaurus grandeprairiensis n. gen. n. sp.2
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