Onefour [Dinosaur Park]: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretoides splendidus
(Hay 1908)
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Gardner et al. 1995 | |||||||||
| recombined as Axestemys splendidus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Aspideretoides foveatus
(Leidy 1856)
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Gardner et al. 1995 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Trionyx foveatus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Chasmosaurus irvinensis
Holmes et al. 2001
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Vagaceratops irvinensis | ||||||||||
| RTMP 98.102.8 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 110.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.2° North, 76.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Altitude: | 893 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Belly River | Formation: | Dinosaur Park | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation, within 20 m of Lethbridge Coal Zone (top of Fm.) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 1 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMP | Collection dates: | 1998 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86515 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-05 15:56:05 | Last modified: | 2014-09-19 11:37:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-05 15:56:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6978. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 743 | J. D. Gardner, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 1995. Systematics and taxonomy of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae) from the Judith River Group (mid-Campanian) of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 32:631-643 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/D. Nicholson] |