north shore, Peace River Canyon: Aptian, Canada
collected 1979
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Avipedidae
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Aquatilavipes swiboldae n. gen., n. sp.
Currie 1981
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| over 200 prints | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Currie 1989 | |||||||||
| tracks | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontipodidae
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Amblydactylus sp.
Sternberg 1932
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Currie 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| track | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Currie 1989 | |||||||||
| tracks | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 56.0° North, 122.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 65.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Bullhead Mountain | Formation: | Gething | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Several meters below GSC locality C-6919; 65 m below Ferro Point coal seam | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | current ripples,wave ripples,burrows,paleosol/pedogenic sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "arenaceous siltstone" representing "an organic-rich mud with closely spaced ripples, root traces, and worm burrows and trails." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Degree of concentration: | -single event |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1979 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 38894 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano, K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-05-13 15:04:48 | Last modified: | 2021-09-03 13:55:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-13 15:04:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10514. | P. J. Currie. 1981. Bird footprints from the Gething Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3-4):257-264 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14144 | ETE | P. J. Currie. 1989. Dinosaur footprints of western Canada. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 293-300 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 77956 | P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus. 2015. The significance of the theropod collections of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology to our understanding of Late Cretaceous theropod diversity. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):620-629 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55654 | D. J. Mossman and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1983. The footprints of extinct animals. Scientific American 248(1):74-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |