middle fork, Sand Creek (250 ft level) [AMNH]: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by B. Brown & Johnson 1915
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Monoclonius sp.
Cope 1876
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1 individual | |||||||||
| AMNH 5372 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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= Styracosaurus parksi n. sp.
Brown and Schlaikjer 1937
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Brown and Schlaikjer 1937 | |||||||||
| synonym of Styracosaurus albertensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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Eodelphis browni n. sp.
Matthew 1916
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Brown and Schlaikjer 1937 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 76.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Belly River | Formation: | Dinosaur Park | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Belly River formation" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: "variegated sandstone, sands, and clay" (no information about which contained the specimen(s) | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | B. Brown & Johnson | Collection dates: | 1915 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | S. parksi type | ||
| Database number: | 35511 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-18 13:45:02 | Last modified: | 2021-10-05 14:26:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-18 13:45:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12314. | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1933. A revision of the Ceratopsia or horned dinosaurs. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 3(3):1-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 9593 | B. Brown and E. M. Schlaikjer. 1937. The skeleton of Styracosaurus with the description of a new species. American Museum Novitates 955:1-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 18649 | ETE | B. Brown and E. M. Schlaikjer. 1940. A new element in the ceratopsian jaw with additional notes on the mandible. American Museum Novitates 1092:1-13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78296 | R. B. Holmes, M. J. Ryan, and A. M. Murray. 2006. Photographic atlas of the postcranial skeleton of the type specimen of Styracosaurus albertensis with additional isolated cranial elements from Alberta. Syllogeus 75:1-75 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 26153 | ETE | M. J. Ryan, R. Holmes, and A. P. Russell. 2007. A revision of the late Campanian centrosaurine ceratopsid genus Styracosaurus from the Western Interior of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):944-962 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |