Knight's Ranch (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 112.6° W: paleocoordinates 56.8° N, 78.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oldman Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMP

Primary reference: D. K. Zelenitsky, L. V. Hills, and P. J. Currie. 1996. Parataxonomic classification of ornithoid eggshell fragments from the Oldman Formation (Judith River Group; Upper Cretaceous), southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:1655-1667 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52992: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 30.08.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano and Albert Garcia Selles

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae
Spheroolithus albertensis1
Spheroolithus albertensis1 Zelenitsky and Hills 1997 ornithopod
eggshells, RTMP 95.17.2
 Theropoda -
Reticuloolithus hirschi2
Reticuloolithus hirschi2 Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005 theropod
 Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Continuoolithus canadensis, Porituberoolithus warnerensis
Continuoolithus canadensis Zelenitsky et al. 1996 theropod
TMP 95.17.5A, 95.17.5B
Porituberoolithus warnerensis Zelenitsky et al. 1996 theropod
TMP 95.17.4A, 95.17.4B
 Theropoda -
Tristraguloolithus cracioides n. gen. n. sp.
Tristraguloolithus cracioides n. gen. n. sp. Zelenitsky et al. 1996 theropod
TMP 95.17.6, 95.17.1A
 Theropoda - Montanoolithidae
Montanoolithus strongorum3
Montanoolithus strongorum3 Zelenitsky and Therrien 2008 maniraptoran
1Zelenitsky and Hills 1997; 2Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005; 3Zelenitsky and Therrien 2008