RTMP Quarry 123, southeast of Steveville: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by G. Lindblad 1953
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1918
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1 individual | |||||||||
| NMC 8917 | ||||||||||
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= Corythosaurus sp.
Brown 1914
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Danis 1986 | |||||||||
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= Corythosaurus casuarius
Brown 1914
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Currie 2005 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 76.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| 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: originally described as from the Oldman Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a sandy clay bed" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| 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: | GSC | ||
| Collectors: | G. Lindblad | Collection dates: | 1953 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sternberg, NMC | ||
| Database number: | 59221 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-21 06:08:37 | Last modified: | 2017-07-12 13:20:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-21 06:08:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12116. | ETE | C. M. Sternberg. 1955. A juvenile hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 136:120-122 [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] |
| 15355 | ETE | J. Danis. 1986. Quarries of Dinosaur Provincial Park. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta 43-51 [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] |