Also known as GB2
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)
• from a channel lag within the 8-16 m thick Lethbridge coal zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; shelly/skeletal, sandy 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 34311: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Reptilia | |
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian | |
Aves | |
? Baptornis sp. Marsh 1877 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian | |
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur | |
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere | |
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon | |
Actinopteri | |
Teleostei "indet. R", Teleostei "indet. S", Teleostei "indet. A", Teleostei "indet. D", 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. L" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. N" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. F" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. Q" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. C" Müller 1846 | |
Paralbula casei Estes 1969 | |
Belonostomus longirostris Lambe 1902 | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish | |
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch |