RTMP Quarry 187, Little Sandhill Creek: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by Tang 1986
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Troodon formosus
Leidy 1856
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| braincase, TMP 1986.036.0457 | ||||||||||
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= Troodon inequalis
Sternberg 1932
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Currie 2005 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Stenonychosaurus inequalis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 76.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 669 meters | ||
| 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: lower part of DPF | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
| Collectors: | Tang | Collection dates: | 1986 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 46951 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-01-27 10:20:26 | Last modified: | 2021-01-27 10:11:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-27 10:20:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12473. | ETE | P. J. Currie and X.-J. Zhao. 1994. A new troodontid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) braincase from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2234-2247 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 16964 | ETE | P. J. Currie. 2005. History of research. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 3-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 67471 | A. J. van der Reest and P. J. Currie. 2017. Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with a description of a unique new taxon: implications for deinonychosaur diversity in North America . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54:919-935 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano] |