referred Parksosaurus site (UA) [PROXY]: Early Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by T. Schowalter 1972
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Thescelosauridae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| UALVP 56885 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 112.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.9° North, 68.3° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Edmonton | Formation: | Horseshoe Canyon | Member: | Morrin/Tolman |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: laterally equivalent to the Drumheller Marine Tongue, either Tolman or Morrin Member; "from a level within the Hypacrosaurus altispinus-Saurolophus osborni biozone" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | very fine,fine,concretionary,ferruginous,quartzose,brown sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a fine to very fine angular litharenite that is brown to tannish brown in color, with flecks of black scattered throughout. The litharenite was composed of quartz, feldspar, lithics, and small iron concretions" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Schowalter | Collection dates: | 1972 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Morrin, Tolman | ||
| Database number: | 224151 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-01-21 14:49:23 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-01-21 14:49:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 79160. | M. N. Hudgins. 2021. The Paleobiology, Paleoecology, and Evolution of Thescelosauridae (Ornithischia) from Alberta, Canada. xviii-343 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |