Where: Alberta, Canada (51.5° N, 112.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 63.7° N, 68.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Horsethief Member (Horseshoe Canyon Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (72.2 - 66.0 Ma)
• about 5 m above Daly Coal Seam #7
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone and poorly lithified, medium-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. Marshall in 1995; reposited in the TMP
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
• discovered by Wayne Marshall of East Coulee, AB
Primary reference: P. J. Currie and D. J. Varricchio. 2004. A new dromaeosaurid from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. In P. J. Currie, E. B. Koppelhus, M. A. Shugar, J. L. Wright (eds.), Feathered Dragons. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 112-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92963: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.12.2009
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Atrociraptor marshalli n. gen. n. sp.
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