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
Edmontonia longiceps n. gen., n. sp. Sternberg 1928
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]
77485% 18900K. 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]