A report on Dinosaur Park Formation
Uppermost member of the Belly River Group , a major geologic unit in southern Alberta.
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Styracosaurus
4 linksGenus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period (Campanian stage), about 75.5 to 74.5 million years ago.
Genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period (Campanian stage), about 75.5 to 74.5 million years ago.
The first fossil remains of Styracosaurus were collected in Alberta, Canada by C. M. Sternberg (from an area now known as Dinosaur Provincial Park, in a formation now called the Dinosaur Park Formation) and named by Lawrence Lambe in 1913.
Lambeosaurus
3 linksGenus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 75 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage) of North America.
Genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 75 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage) of North America.
In the same publication Trachodon altidens, a left upper jaw (GSC 1092) from the Dinosaur Park Formation was also described by Lambe.
Alberta
3 linksOne of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
One of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
The Foremost Formation, Oldman Formation and Dinosaur Park Formations collectively comprise the Judith River Group and are the most thoroughly studied dinosaur-bearing strata in Alberta.
Parasaurolophus
3 linksGenus of herbivorous hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now North America and possibly Asia during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 76.5–73 million years ago.
Genus of herbivorous hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now North America and possibly Asia during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 76.5–73 million years ago.
These rocks are now known as the Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation.
Dinosaur Provincial Park
3 linksUNESCO World Heritage Site situated a two hour drive east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; or 48 km, about a half-hour drive northeast of Brooks.
UNESCO World Heritage Site situated a two hour drive east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; or 48 km, about a half-hour drive northeast of Brooks.
It is overlain by a complete section of the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation, which is in turn overlain by the base of the marine Bearpaw Formation.
Corythosaurus
2 linksGenus of hadrosaurid "duck-billed" dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period, about 77–75.7 million years ago.
Genus of hadrosaurid "duck-billed" dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period, about 77–75.7 million years ago.
The two species of Corythosaurus are both present in slightly different levels of the Dinosaur Park Formation.
Centrosaurus
2 linksGenus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Canada.
Genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Canada.
Their remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago.
Judith River Group
3 linksGroup of geologic formations in western North America dating from the late Cretaceous and noted as a site for the extensive excavation of dinosaur fossils.
Group of geologic formations in western North America dating from the late Cretaceous and noted as a site for the extensive excavation of dinosaur fossils.
It comprises the Judith River Formation in north central Montana, as well as the Foremost, Oldman, and Dinosaur Park formations in Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada.
Oldman Formation
3 linksStratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous age that underlies much of southern Alberta, Canada.
Stratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous age that underlies much of southern Alberta, Canada.
It conformably overlies the Foremost Formation, and is separated from the overlying Dinosaur Park Formation by a regional disconformity.
Bearpaw Formation
2 linksGeologic formation of Late Cretaceous age.
Geologic formation of Late Cretaceous age.
The Bearpaw Formation conformably overlies the Dinosaur Park Formation of the Belly River Group in central Alberta, and the Judith River Formation in the plains to the east and Montana.