Also known as Chambery Coulee
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.5° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 56.5° N, 81.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Frenchman Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; sandstone and siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected in 1991-2003
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: T. T. Tokaryk and H. N. Bryant. 2004. The fauna from the Tyrannosaurus rex excavation, Frenchman Formation (Late Maastrichtian), Saskatchewan. Summary of Investigations 2004, Volume 1. Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Industry Resources, Miscellaneous Report 2004-4 1:1-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 54105: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.09.2005, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Dombeyopsis | |
Dombeyopsis obtusa2 Lesquereux 1872 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
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Carpites | |
Magnoliopsida | |
"Trapago angulate" = Quereuxia2
"Trapago angulate" = Quereuxia2 | |
Pinopsida | |
Parataxodium sp.2 Arnold and Lowther 1955 | |
Angiospermae | |
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Dryophyllum subfalcatum2 Lesquereux 1875 | |
cf. Juglans denveriana walnut | |
cf. Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ginkgo sp. Linnaeus 1771 ginkgo | |
Carpolithes | |
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Amphibia | |
Opisthotriton sp. Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Mammalia | |
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal | |
Gypsonictops sp. Simpson 1927 eutherian | |
Nanocuris improvida n. gen. n. sp.1
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Alphadon sp. Simpson 1927 metatherian | |
Reptilia | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902 turtle | |
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere | |
Theropoda indet. theropod | |
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? Dromaeosaurus sp. Matthew and Brown 1922 maniraptoran | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
cf. Triceratops sp. Marsh 1889 ceratopsid
Triceratops sp. Marsh 1889 ceratopsid | |
cf. Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945 ornithischian | |
Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918 hadrosaurine | |
Crocodylidae indet. crocodile | |
Gastropoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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Insecta | |
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758 insect |