Torosaurus site, Red Deer River (UA): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by C. R. Stelck 1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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cf. Torosaurus sp.
Marsh 1891
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1 individual | |||||||||
| UA 9542 (= UALVP 1646) | ||||||||||
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= Torosaurus cf. latus
Marsh 1891
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Mallon et al. 2022 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.9° North, 113.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 59.6° North, 84.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. R. Stelck | Collection dates: | 1964 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47130 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-02-15 06:06:49 | Last modified: | 2023-04-07 15:07:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-15 06:06:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12570. | ETE | J. F. Lerbekmo, C. Singh, D. M. Jarzen and D. A. Russell. 1979. The Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary in south-central Alberta—a revision based on additional dinosaurian and microfloral evidence . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16(9):1866-1869 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 15450 | ETE | D. R. Braman and D. A. Eberth. 1987. Paleontology and geology of the Edmonton Group (Late Cretaceous to Palaeocene), Red Deer River Valley, Alberta, Canada. Fourth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Field Trip B" (August 14, 1987). Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 28:1-27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 84395 | J. C. Mallon, R. B. Holmes, E. L. Bamforth and D. Schumann. 2022. The record of Torosaurus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) in Canada and its taxonomic implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(1):157-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |