7 miles northwest of Morrin Bridge (90 ft level) [GSC]: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by G. F. Sternberg 1916
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Trachodontidae indet.
Lydekker 1888
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1 individual | |||||||||
| field no. 6; "trachodont of large size" | ||||||||||
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= Edmontosaurus regalis
Lambe 1917
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Lambe 1917 | |||||||||
| NMC/GSC 2289, paratype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 112.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 59.4° North, 84.6° 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: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Edmonton | Formation: | Horseshoe Canyon | Member: | Horsethief |
| 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 |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
| Collectors: | G. F. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1916 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Edmontosaurus paratype, NMC, Red Deer River | ||
| Database number: | 49234 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-11 18:42:58 | Last modified: | 2021-06-04 13:26:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-11 18:42:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62882. | L. M. Lambe. 1917. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1916 1684:288-295 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 54992 | N. E. Campione. 2014. Postcranial anatomy of Edmontosaurus regalis (Hadrosauridae) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 208-244 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 17549 | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1917. A new genus and species of crestless hadrosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. The Ottawa Naturalist 31(7):65-73 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 13664 | ETE | L. M. Lambe. 1920. The hadrosaur Edmontosaurus from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Canada Geological Survey Memoirs, Geological Series 120(102):1-79 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 12319 | ETE | R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |