Sand Creek (125 ft level) [ROM]: Campanian, Canada
collected by University of Toronto 1921
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretes rugosus n. sp.
Parks 1933
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Trionyx foveatus | ||||||||||
| ROM No. 4664 Ct. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.9° North, 75.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 680 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Belly River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | ROM | ||
| Collectors: | University of Toronto | Collection dates: | 1921 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Aspideretes rugosus type, DPP, U.T. | ||
| Database number: | 177140 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2016-03-21 11:17:41 | Last modified: | 2021-05-05 11:03:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-21 11:17:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14110. | ETE | W. A. Parks. 1933. New species of dinosaurs and turtles from the Upper Cretaceous formations of Alberta. University of Toronto Studies, Geological Series 34:1-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |