Michichi Creek, GSC (NMC): Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by C. H. Sternberg 1912
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Trachodon marginatus
(Lambe 1902)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| NMC 8399 | ||||||||||
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= Thespesius edmontoni n. sp.
Gilmore 1924
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Gilmore 1924 | |||||||||
| synonym of Edmontosaurus annectens | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.5° North, 112.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 59.3° North, 83.8° 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: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Edmonton | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: listed as "Edmonton Formation", but this is now a group and the modern formational equivalent for the site is not clear | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous poorly lithified sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,replaced with silica |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
| Collectors: | C. H. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1912 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | T. edmontoni | ||
| Database number: | 45676 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-11-23 06:23:16 | Last modified: | 2017-09-28 13:08:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-23 06:23:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12051. | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1913. The manus in a specimen of Trachodon from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. The Ottawa Naturalist 27:21-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 63498 | R. Bach. 1914. Ein prächtiges Dinosaurier-Exemplar [A magnificent dinosaur specimen]. Prometheus 25(1270):347-348 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12425 | ETE | M. K. Brett-Surman. 1979. Phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277:560-562 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 12048 | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1924. A new species of hadrosaurian dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation (Cretaceous) of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 38(43):13-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 13215 | ETE | J. A. Hopson. 1975. The evolution of cranial display structures in hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Paleobiology 1:21-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 63225 | L. M. Lambe. 1914. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1912 1305:397-403 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12319 | ETE | R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 [M. Carrano/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] | |
| 14117 | ETE | C. H. Sternberg. 1917. Five years' explorations in the fossil beds of Alberta. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 28:205-211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |