south of Shaunavon, CMN Loc. P5710: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by W. Langston 1957
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Pachycephalosauridae
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Sphaerotholus cf. buchholtzae
Williamson and Carr 2003
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1 specimen | |||||||||
CMN 56510 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 108.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 56.3° North, 80.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Frenchman | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: middle to upper levels of formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | bentonitic,gray claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "a yellow-buff punky sandstone which overlies grey to buff bentonitic claystones" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | NMC | ||
Collectors: | W. Langston | Collection dates: | 1957 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Frenchman River valley, RSM Loc. 72F08-0074 | ||
Database number: | 170675 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-06-26 09:41:57 | Last modified: | 2021-03-01 09:29:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-06-26 09:41:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
55604. | J. C. Mallon, D. C. Evans, T. T. Tokaryk and M. L. Currie. 2015. First pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Frenchman Formation (upper Maastrichtian) of Saskatchewan, Canada. Cretaceous Research 56:426-431 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |