Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 56.2° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• upper part of formation, within 20 m of Lethbridge Coal Zone (top of Fm.)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1998; reposited in the TMP
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. B. Holmes, C. A. Forster, M. J. Ryan and K. M. Shepherd. 2001. A new species of Chasmosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1423-1438 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86515: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.02.2009, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Chasmosaurus irvinensis" = Vagaceratops irvinensis
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"Aspideretoides splendidus" = Axestemys splendidus
"Aspideretoides splendidus" = Axestemys splendidus Hay 1908 softshell turtle | |
Aspideretoides foveatus Leidy 1856 turtle |