Sandy Point (PMA): Campanian, Canada
collected by Benton 1978-1979
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
|
||||||||||
|
Prosaurolophus sp.
Brown 1916
|
1 individual | |||||||||
| PMA, skull & partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 110.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.6° North, 73.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 724 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Belly River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| 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 | ||
| Collectors: | Benton | Collection dates: | 1978-1979 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 64334 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-06 11:14:16 | Last modified: | 2010-12-02 21:17:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-06 11:14:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18556. | ETE | P. J. Currie. 1980. Mesozoic vertebrate life in Alberta and British Columbia. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life 1:27-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |