Kneehills Creek, GSC (NMC 5600): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by J. B. Tyrrell & T. C. Weston 1884

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Laelaps incrassatus Cope 1876
1 specimen
NMC 5600
    = Albertosaurus sarcophagus n. gen., n. sp. Osborn 1905
Osborn 1905
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 112.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:59.2° North, 84.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:685 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:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Edmonton Formation:Horseshoe Canyon Member:Bleriot
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of Edmonton Formation ("Edmonton A"); 7-8 coal
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "light sandstone"
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:J. B. Tyrrell & T. C. Weston Collection dates:9 Jun 1884
Metadata
Also known as:Knee Hills Creek, Kirkpatrick Coulee, Dunphy
Database number:11901
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2001-09-18 14:35:48 Last modified:2021-09-28 14:38:22
Access level:the public Released:2001-09-18 14:35:48
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]
65460 R. L. Coulton. 1976. The theropod dinosaurs of the Edmonton Formation, Alberta, Canada. Rocks and Minerals 52(4):176-181 [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]
63197 E. T. Drake. 1980. Dinosaurs and international relations 1910–1917. Journal of Geological Education 28:193-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
4218 D. A. Eberth, P. J. Currie, D. B. Brinkman, M. J. Ryan, D. R. Braman, J. D. Gardner, V. D. Lam, D. N. Spivak, and A. G. Neuman. 2001. Alberta's dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates: Judith River and Edmonton groups (Campanian-Maastrichtian). In C. L. Hill (ed), Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 61st Annual Meeting, Bozeman. Guidebook for the Field Trips: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleontology in the Western Plains and Rocky Mountains, Museum of the Rockies Occasional Paper 3:49-75 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
51906 D. A. Eberth, D. C. Evans, D. B. Brinkman, F. Therrien, and L. S. Russell. 2013. Dinosaur biostratigraphy of the Edmonton Group (Upper Cretaceous), Alberta, Canada: evidence for climate influence. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50:701-726 [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]
17541ETE L. M. Lambe. 1903. The lower jaw of Dryptosaurus incrassatus (Cope). The Ottawa Naturalist 17:133-139 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]
25133ETE 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]
42055% 39600D. 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]
18609ETE 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]
52782 M. J. Ryan and A. P. Russell. 2001. Dinosaurs of Alberta (exclusive of Aves). In D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (ed.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life 279-298 [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]