Turtle Site (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as T

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 mudstone

• "extensive lag (<50 cm thick), dominated by large numbers of unionid valves and valve fragments" in a 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 34322: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon
Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
"large"
 Crocodylia -
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys variolosa Cope 1876 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Toxochelyidae
? Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953 sea turtle
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. squamates
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Marsupialia
Amphibia
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
 Salientia -
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
 Teleostei -
Teleostei "indet. R" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. S" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. A" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. D" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. E" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. G" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. L" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. N" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. F" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. C" Müller 1846
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
"Squatirhina americana" = Restesia americana
"Squatirhina americana" = Restesia americana Estes 1964 wobbegong
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish