Shellenberger Canyon Paleontological Project
| Museum Researchers: |
Principal Investigator Curator Dr.
Robert McCord
Adjunct Curator Brian Curtice, Gavin McCullough, Greg Cranwell |
| Location: |
Southeast of Tucson |
| Age: |
Albian, early Cretaceous, 105 million
years before present |
| Geological Unit: |
Shellenberger Canyon Formation |
| Discoveries Include: |
Sauropod, possible nodosaur, crocodile,
turtles, clams and petrified wood. |
| Comments: |
The only terrestrial community of
organisms known from the early Cretaceous of Arizona. |
Publications from Shellenberger Canyon Paleontological Project
| 2005 |
Cretaceous Vertebrates of Arizona.
Robert McCord and David Gillette. Vertebrate Paleontology of
Arizona, Robert McCord ed. Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 11:
94-103. |
| 2001 |
A Preliminary Report of New Fossils
from the Schellenberger Canyon Formation (upper Cretaceous) of
southern Arizona USA.
Gregory P. Cranwell. Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 8:61. |
Dr. McCord and researcher Greg Cranwell display a
coracoid and fibula of "Shelly," a sauropod dinosaur.
Dr. McCord and Cranwell examine bones from Shelly.