right bank, Sand Creek (50 ft level) [AMNH]: Campanian, Canada
collected by Brown & Kaisen 1913
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Monoclonius sp.
Cope 1876
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| AMNH 5429, 5430 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Albertosaurus libratus
(Lambe 1914)
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Russell 1970 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| AMNH 5428 = USNM 12814; field no. 25 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Albertosaurus sarcophagus
Osborn 1905
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Erickson et al. 2004 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.9° North, 75.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| 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 | Formation: | Oldman |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH,USNM | ||
| Collectors: | Brown & Kaisen | Collection dates: | 1913 |
| Collection method comments: collected by AMNH, traded to USNM | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | USNM 12814 | ||
| Database number: | 52485 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-08 14:45:22 | Last modified: | 2018-01-25 12:45:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-08 14:45:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12314. | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1933. A revision of the Ceratopsia or horned dinosaurs. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 3(3):1-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 34553 | G. M. Erickson, P. J. Makovicky, P. J. Currie, M. A. Norell, S. A. Yerby and C. A. Brochu. 2004. Gigantism and comparative life-history parameters of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs. Nature 430:772-775 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 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] |