Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-20) (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as UALVP MR-20

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 111.8° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 73.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Deadhorse Coulee Member (Milk River Formation), Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• Upper part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: S. J. Carlson and D. W. Krause. 1985. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14428: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Roger Benson, Matthew Carrano and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion sp.1 Estes 1964 elasmobranch
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectolobidae indet.1 Jordan and Fowler 1903 wobbegong
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.5 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Albanerpeton nexuosus5 Estes 1981 tetrapod
Albanerpeton galaktion5 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Mammalia
 Multituberculata -
Paracimexomys magister Fox 1971 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
"Mictodon simpsoni" = Symmetrodontoides canadensis3
"Mictodon simpsoni" = Symmetrodontoides canadensis3 Fox 1976 mammal
a symmetrodont
 Theriamorpha - Picopsidae
cf. Picopsis sp.2 Fox 1980 mammal
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet.4 Gray 1825 squamates
many unnumbered fragments (UALVP)
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Chamops sp.4 Marsh 1892 squamates
partial maxillae/dentaries
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes -
Wilsonichthys sp.1 Murray et al. 2016
 Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi1 Wilson et al. 1992
 Acanthomorphata -
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata1
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata1 Rosen 1973
 Ostariophysi -
Otophysa indet.1
includes centrum morphotype BvD and BvC
 Elopiformes -
Ostariostoma sp.1 Schaeffer 1949
? Ostariostoma sp.1 Schaeffer 1949