Railway Grade: Judithian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Teiidae
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Glyptogenys ornata
Gao and Fox 1991
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Gao and Fox 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UALVP 29758 (dentary) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Parasaniwa informal n. sp. cf. wyomingensis
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Gao and Fox 1996 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Helodermatidae
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Helodermatidae indet.
Gray 1837
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Gao and Fox 1996 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
RTMP 88.36.212 (frontals), 85.58.58 (parietals) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Odaxosaurus priscus
Gao and Fox 1996
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Gao and Fox 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UALVP 29891 (maxilla) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Chamopsiidae
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Socognathus unicuspis n. gen., n. sp.
Gao and Fox 1991
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1 individual | |||||||||
UALVP 29739 (holotype) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta | County: | Dinosaur Provincial Park |
Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 58.0° North, 76.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Judithian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Belly River | Formation: | Oldman |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: University of Alberta Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory |
Metadata
Also known as: | Socognathus type locality | ||
Database number: | 116537 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-09-08 20:41:21 | Last modified: | 2011-09-08 06:41:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-08 20:41:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
37545. | K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1991. New teiid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation (Judithian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, with a review of the Cretaceous record of teiids. Annals of Carnegie Museum 60(2):145-162 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
37933 | K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1996. Taxonomy and evolution of Late Cretaceous lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from western Canada. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of natural History 33:1-107 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |