east bank Red Deer River, GSC (NMC 5601): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by T. C. Weston 1888–1889
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Laelaps incrassatus
Cope 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
NMC 5601, skull w/associated postcrania | ||||||||||
= Albertosaurus sarcophagus
Osborn 1905
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Osborn 1905 | |||||||||
paratype | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 113.0° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 59.5° North, 84.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 823 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Campanian | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
Collectors: | T. C. Weston | Collection dates: | 1888–1889 |
Metadata
Database number: | 11898 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2001-09-18 14:28:32 | Last modified: | 2021-09-28 14:39:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-09-18 14:28:32 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25123. | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1899. On reptilian remains from the Cretaceous of north-western Canada. The Ottawa Naturalist 13:68-70 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
77927 | T. D. Carr. 2010. A taxonomic assessment of the type series of Albertosaurus sarcophagus and the identity of Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria) in the Albertosaurus bonebed from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1213-1226 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
77956 | P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus. 2015. The significance of the theropod collections of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology to our understanding of Late Cretaceous theropod diversity. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):620-629 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
52721 | L. M. Lambe. 1899. [Mr. L. M. Lambe reports as follows…]. Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1898(part A):182-190 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
17541 | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1903. The lower jaw of Dryptosaurus incrassatus (Cope). The Ottawa Naturalist 17:133-139 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
25133 | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1904. On Dryptosaurus incrassatus (Cope), from the Edmonton Series of the North West Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3(3):1-27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
63224 | L. M. Lambe. 1904. Vertebrate paleontology. Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Canada for the Calendar Year 1903 865:205-207 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
9259 | H. F. Osborn. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(14):259-265 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
4205 | 5% 39600 | D. A. Russell. 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of western Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Publications in Paleontology 1:1-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
18609 | ETE | D. A. Russell and T. P. Chamney. 1967. Notes on the biostratigraphy of dinosaurian and microfossil faunas in the Edmonton Formation (Cretaceous), Alberta. National Museum of Canada Natural History Papers 35:1-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
62727 | L. S. Russell. 1966. Dinosaur hunting in western Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 70:1-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
78202 | C. M. Sternberg. 1963. Early discoveries of dinosaurs. National Museum of Canada Natural History Papers 21:1-4 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
70928 | D. H. Tanke and P. J. Currie. 2010. A history of Albertosaurus discoveries in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47(9):1197-1211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |