locality 6, Swan Hills: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by L. Russell 1965

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Deinodontidae indet. (Brown 1914)
synonym of Tyrannosauridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 54.9° North, 115.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:62.9° North, 85.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Edmonton Formation:Scollard
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Edmonton"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,volcaniclastic,brown,gray poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Brown and grey-brown soft bentonitic sandstone with ironstone"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:L. Russell Collection dates:1965
Metadata
Database number:46090
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-01-03 07:56:39 Last modified:2021-03-01 10:07:11
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-03 07:56:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2997. L. S. Russell. 1967. Palaeontology of the Swan Hills area, north-central Alberta. Life Science Contribution, Royal Ontario Museum 71:1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]