Also known as AC
Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 56.3° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• probably from a channel lag within the 8-16 m thick Lethbridge coal zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; mudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: D. A. Eberth and D. B. Brinkman. 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 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34302: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Marsupialia indet. marsupial | |
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate | |
Reptilia | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle | |
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
? Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953 sea turtle | |
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle | |
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian | |
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian | |
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Aves | |
? Baptornis sp. Marsh 1877 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Actinopteri | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
Teleostei "indet. R", Teleostei "indet. S", Teleostei "indet. A", Teleostei "indet. D", Teleostei "indet. G", Teleostei "indet. L", Teleostei "indet. N", Teleostei "indet. F", Teleostei "indet. Q", Teleostei "indet. C"
Teleostei "indet. R" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. S" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. A" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. D" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. G" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. L" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. N" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. F" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. Q" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. C" Müller 1846 | |
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish | |
Paratarpon apogerontus Bardack 1970 | |
Paralbula casei Estes 1969 | |
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992 | |
Belonostomus longirostris Lambe 1902 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon | |
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 paddlefish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish | |
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch |