7 miles northwest of Morrin (20 ft level) [NMC]: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by G. Paterson & C. M. Sternberg 1924
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Edmontonia longiceps n. gen., n. sp.
Sternberg 1928
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1 individual | |||||||||
NMC 8531 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 112.9° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 59.4° North, 84.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Edmonton | Formation: | Horseshoe Canyon | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 560 ft above base of Edmonton |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | all |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
Collectors: | G. Paterson & C. M. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1924 |
Collection method comments: "The specimen was located by the teamster, Mr. George Paterson..." |
Metadata
Also known as: | Edmontonia type | ||
Database number: | 79692 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-18 08:16:54 | Last modified: | 2023-04-26 14:56:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-18 08:16:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26781. | ETE | C. M. Sternberg. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 22:93-106 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
71135 | V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2011. Tail and pelvis pathologies of ankylosaurian dinosaurs. Historical Biology 23(4):375-390 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
7748 | 5% 18900 | K. Carpenter. 1990. Ankylosaur systematics: example using Panoplosaurus and Edmontonia (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae). In K. Carpenter & P. J. Currie (ed.), Dinosaur Systematics: Approaches and Perspectives 281-298 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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] |