NMC Loc. P-3706, Milk River: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected 1937
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Anchiceratops sp.
Brown 1914
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMC 9813 | ||||||||||
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= Pentaceratops aquilonius n. sp.
Longrich 2014
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Longrich 2014 | |||||||||
| synonym of Vagaceratops irvinensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 110.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.3° North, 75.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| 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: 12 ft above light gray sandstone bed (3.7 m above a sandstone near the top of the Dinosaur Park Formation) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSC | Collection dates: | 1937 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51317 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-02 14:14:29 | Last modified: | 2018-04-20 10:31:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-02 14:14:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13670. | ETE | W. Langston. 1959. Anchiceratops from the Oldman Formation of Alberta. National Museum of Canada Natural History Papers 3:1-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 65458 | Anonymous. 1960. Anchiceratops from Alberta. Nature 186(4724):522 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 59189 | N. R. Longrich. 2014. The horned dinosaurs Pentaceratops and Kosmoceratops from the upper Campanian of Alberta and implications for dinosaur biogeography. Cretaceous Research 51:292-308 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 59188 | J. C. Mallon, C. J. Ott, P. L. Larson, E. M. Iuliano, and D. C. Evans. 2016. Spiclypeus shipporum gen. et sp. nov., a boldly audacious new chasmosaurine ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Montana, USA. PLoS ONE 11(5):e0154218:1-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 52782 | M. J. Ryan and A. P. Russell. 2001. Dinosaurs of Alberta (exclusive of Aves). In D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (ed.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life 279-298 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |