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Francois Site, Alberta, Canada

Lat/Long (Decimal)	50.7548,-111.399
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Alberta, Canada
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Alberta, Canada

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Francois Site, RTMP BB 106	Brinkman D. B. (1990)	Belly River - Dinosaur Park	ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_min	sandstone	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Acipenser albertensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acipenseriformes : Acipenseridae : Acipenser : *Acipenser albertensis*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coriops amnicolus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Albuliformes : Albulidae : Coriops : *Coriops amnicolus*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cyclurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : *Cyclurus*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paralbula casei species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Elopiformes : Phyllodontidae : Paralbula : *Paralbula casei*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hiodontidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Hiodontiformes : Hiodontidae	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : *Lepisosteus*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Belonostomus longirostris species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Aspidorhynchidae : Belonostomus : *Belonostomus longirostris*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acanthomorphata unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acanthomorphata	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Teleostei unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Teleostei	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Esocoidea suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Salmoniformes : Esocoidea	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Myledaphus bipartitus species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Myledaphus : *Myledaphus bipartitus*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mammalia class	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratopsidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Ceratopsidae	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ankylosauria unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ankylosauria	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anura order	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Eobatrachus : Anura	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scapherpeton tectum species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Scapherpetontidae : Scapherpeton : *Scapherpeton tectum*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Osteichthyes unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Opisthotriton kayi species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Proteida : Batrachosauroididae : Opisthotriton : *Opisthotriton kayi*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Champsosaurus natator species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Champsosauridae : Champsosaurus : *Champsosaurus natator*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Leidyosuchus canadensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : Leidyosuchus : *Leidyosuchus canadensis*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lacertilia suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertilia	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baenidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Baenidae	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Chelydridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trionychinae unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Trionychinae	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dromaeosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dromaeosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae : *Dromaeosaurus*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Richardoestesia sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae : *Richardoestesia*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Saurornitholestes langstoni species	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Dromaeosauridae : Saurornitholestes : *Saurornitholestes langstoni*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paronychodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : *Paronychodon*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Troodon formosus species	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Troodontidae : Troodon : *Troodon formosus*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Brinkman D. B. (1990) Paleontology of the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Dinosaur National Park, Alberta, Canada: evidence from vertebrate microfossil locality, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78, 37-54

Eberth D. A., Brinkman D. B. (1997) Paleoecology of an estuarine, incised-valley fill in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Judith River Group, Upper Cretaceous) of southern Alberta, Canada, Palaios 12, 43-58

Brinkman D. B., Ryan M. J., et al (1998) The paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution of ceratopsids (Ornithischia) in the Upper Judith River Group of western Canada, Palaios 13, 160-169

Brinkman D. B., Neuman A. G. (2002) Teleost centra from uppermost Judith River Group (Dinosaur Park Formation, Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, Journal of Paleontology 76 1, 138-155

Alroy J. (2007) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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