Sage Creek Grazing Reserve (RTMP): Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by M. Ryan 1989–1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Prosaurolophus maximus
Brown 1916
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Evans et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| TMP 1990.045.0001; Incomplete skull | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Styracosaurus albertensis
Lambe 1913
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1 individual | |||||||||
| TMP 1989.097.0001, juvenile | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Richardoestesia isosceles
Sankey 2001
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Larson and Currie 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| TMP 1996.142.0019 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 48.0° North, 110.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.2° North, 76.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| 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 | ||
| Local section: | Dinosaur Park | Local bed: | 50 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: near top of formation, < 10 m below Lethbridge Coal Zone; stratigraphic level estimated from Fig. 4 in ref 26153 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,ferruginous poorly lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "A fine-grained, friable shale with the bones coated in a thin, but extremely hard, ironstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
| Collectors: | M. Ryan | Collection dates: | 1989–1990 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77259 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-08 06:50:04 | Last modified: | 2021-10-05 14:25:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-08 06:50:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26153. | ETE | M. J. Ryan, R. Holmes, and A. P. Russell. 2007. A revision of the late Campanian centrosaurine ceratopsid genus Styracosaurus from the Western Interior of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):944-962 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 54955 | D. C. Evans, C. T. McGarrity, and M. J. Ryan. 2014. A skull of Prosaurolophus maximus from southeastern Alberta and the spatiotemporal distribution of faunal zones in the Dinosaur Park Formation. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 200-207 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78296 | R. B. Holmes, M. J. Ryan, and A. M. Murray. 2006. Photographic atlas of the postcranial skeleton of the type specimen of Styracosaurus albertensis with additional isolated cranial elements from Alberta. Syllogeus 75:1-75 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 46376 | R. B. Holmes and M. J. Ryan. 2013. The postcranial skeleton of Styracosaurus albertensis. Kirtlandia 58:5-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 48570 | D. W. Larson and P. J. Currie. 2013. Multivariate analyses of small theropod dinosaur teeth and implications for paleoecological turnover through time. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54329:1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |