RTMP Quarry 12, middle branch, Sand Creek (125 ft level) [ROM]: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by L. W. Dippell & L. Sternberg 1920
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Parasaurolophus walkeri n. gen., n. sp.
Parks 1922
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1 individual | |||||||||
| ROM 768 (= Ct. 4578) (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 76.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 663 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 | ||
| Regional section: | Dinosaur Park | Regional bed: | 1.894 m | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: originally assigned to the Oldman Fm., actually from near base of Dinosaur Park Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | channel lag |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,soft parts |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | ROM | ||
| Collectors: | L. W. Dippell & L. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1920 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ROM, Sternberg Quarry 87, Parasaurolophus type, U.T.7 | ||
| Database number: | 46333 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-01-11 07:32:29 | Last modified: | 2022-10-26 13:51:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-11 07:32:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12350. | ETE | W. A. Parks. 1922. Parasaurolophus walkeri, a new genus and species of crested trachodont dinosaur. University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series 13:1-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 54988 | P. R. Bell. 2014. A revew of hadrosaurid skin impressions. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 572-590 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 16964 | ETE | P. J. Currie. 2005. History of research. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 3-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 15355 | ETE | J. Danis. 1986. Quarries of Dinosaur Provincial Park. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta 43-51 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 19374 | ETE | P. Dodson. 1971. Sedimentology and taphonomy of the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta (Canada). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 10:21-74 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 82936 | D. A. Eberth and D. C. Evans. 2011. International Hadrosaur Symposium Post-Symposium Field Trip, September 24, 2011. Geology and Palaeontology of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Royal Tyrrell Museum Special Publication 1-52 [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] |
| 17159 | ETE | W. A. Parks. 1922. A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Belly River beds of Alberta. Science, new series 56(1441):174 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 62455 | L. S. Russell. 1942. The structure of the crest in Parasaurolophus. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 36:146 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62727 | L. S. Russell. 1966. Dinosaur hunting in western Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 70:1-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 52782 | M. J. Ryan and A. P. Russell. 2001. Dinosaurs of Alberta (exclusive of Aves). In D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (ed.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life 279-298 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 33225 | ETE | C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Notes and annotated list of quarries. Map 969A. Steveville, west of fourth meridian, Alberta. Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 62062 | H.-D. Sues. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 644-645 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |