RTMP Quarry 36, Berry Creek: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by C. H. Sternberg & C. M. Sternberg 1913
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Deinodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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1 individual | |||||||||
| NMC 2120 (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
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= Gorgosaurus libratus n. gen., n. sp.
Lambe 1914
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Lambe 1914 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 111.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 76.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 685 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Belly River | Formation: | Dinosaur Park | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: originally assigned to the Oldman Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "tough clayey sandstone" | |
| Environment: | channel lag |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
| Collectors: | C. H. Sternberg & C. M. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1913 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Red Deer River, Sternberg Quarry 36, Gorgosaurus type, G.S.C.6, NMC | ||
| Database number: | 11897 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-09-18 14:13:56 | Last modified: | 2021-09-03 13:26:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-09-18 14:13:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17545. | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1914. On the fore-limb of a carnivorous dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, and a new genus of Ceratopsia from the same horizon, with remarks on the integument of some Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaurs. The Ottawa Naturalist 27(10):129-135 [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] |
| 77956 | P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus. 2015. The significance of the theropod collections of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology to our understanding of Late Cretaceous theropod diversity. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):620-629 [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] |
| 19374 | ETE | P. Dodson. 1971. Sedimentology and taphonomy of the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta (Canada). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 10:21-74 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 17547 | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1914. On a new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, with a description of the skull of Stephanosaurus marginatus from the same horizon. The Ottawa Naturalist 28:13-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 62887 | L. M. Lambe. 1914. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary Report of the Geologcal Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1913 1359:293-299 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 11754 | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1917. The Cretaceous theropodous dinosaur Gorgosaurus. Canada Geological Survey Memoirs, Geological Series 100(82):1-84 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 4205 | 5% 39600 | D. A. Russell. 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of western Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Publications in Paleontology 1:1-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 62727 | L. S. Russell. 1966. Dinosaur hunting in western Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 70:1-37 [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] | |
| 14117 | ETE | C. H. Sternberg. 1917. Five years' explorations in the fossil beds of Alberta. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 28:205-211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 36144 | ETE | C. H. Sternberg. 1918. Sternberg's expedition to the Red Deer River, Alberta, 1917. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 29:88-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 33225 | ETE | C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Notes and annotated list of quarries. Map 969A. Steveville, west of fourth meridian, Alberta. Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |