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.