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- Title
Enhancing bonebed mapping with GIS technology using the Danek Bonebed (Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) as a case study<sup>1</sup>.
- Authors
Bramble, Katherine; Burns, Michael E.; Currie, Philip J.; Farke, Andrew
- Abstract
The Danek Bonebed is a monodominant Edmontosaurus bonebed preserving predominantly disarticulated material from the Upper Campanian Horseshoe Canyon Formation within the city limits of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. To date, at least six dinosaur taxa have been identified at the site: Albertosaurus sarcophagus, Chasmosaurinae indet., Dromaeosauridae indet., Edmontosaurus regalis, Ornithomimidae indet., and Troodontidae indet. This bonebed has been used as a case study for creating a digital, searchable bonebed map using a geographic information system (GIS) platform. The original quarry maps produced on site are refined when digitized with new anatomical information gathered during preparation of collected specimens. Each specimen is labeled with the known specimen identification, quarry coordinates, and catalogue number. Creating a digital map of the bonebed allows easier interpretation of data and the ability to share maps to compare specific elements within the bonebed.
- Subjects
DIGITAL mapping; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; ALBERTOSAURUS; EDMONTOSAURUS; SQL; HORSESHOE Canyon Formation (Alta.)
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2014, Vol 51, Issue 11, p987
- ISSN
0008-4077
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjes-2014-0056