south of Shaunavon, CMN Loc. P5710: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by W. Langston 1957
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pachycephalosauridae
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Sphaerotholus cf. buchholtzae
Williamson and Carr 2003
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CMN 56510 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 108.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.3° North, 80.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Frenchman | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle to upper levels of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | bentonitic,gray claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a yellow-buff punky sandstone which overlies grey to buff bentonitic claystones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NMC | ||
| Collectors: | W. Langston | Collection dates: | 1957 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Frenchman River valley, RSM Loc. 72F08-0074 | ||
| Database number: | 170675 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-06-26 09:41:57 | Last modified: | 2021-03-01 09:29:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-06-26 09:41:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55604. | J. C. Mallon, D. C. Evans, T. T. Tokaryk and M. L. Currie. 2015. First pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Frenchman Formation (upper Maastrichtian) of Saskatchewan, Canada. Cretaceous Research 56:426-431 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |