Pinhorn Range #1, RTMP L1125 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as PHR-1

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 56.4° N, 76.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Foremost Formation (Belly River Group), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• upper unit of formation (base of third unit), 25 m below Oldman Fm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; fine-grained, pebbly, carbonaceous sandstone and mudstone

• "it is interpreted as a regressive surface of erosion that is related to a drop in relative sea-level."
• "massive (about 3.5 m thick), fine-grained sandstone body, which rests sharply on the underlying dark marine shales of the fourth parasequence of the middle (mudstone) succession. THe overlying sandstone body comprises low-angled to planar sets of ripple-laminated sandstone, with a massive and pebbly base that is traceable about 10 m laterally."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45564: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2004, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia -
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890 ankylosaur
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945 ornithischian
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
Aublysodon sp. Leidy 1868 tyrannosaurid
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964 squamates
 Squamata - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
cf. Odaxosaurus piger Gilmore 1928 squamates
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Naomichelys sp. Hay 1908 turtle
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
Mammalia
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.2 Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Cimolomyidae indet.2 Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
Meniscoessus major2 Russell 1936 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
? Cimolodon sp.2 Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Eodelphis sp.2 Matthew 1916 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Pediomyidae indet.1 Simpson 1927 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Turgidodon praesagus2 Russell 1952 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae indet. Bonaparte 1831 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
 Holostei -
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856 ray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Synodontaspis hardingi" = Carcharias hardingi
"Synodontaspis hardingi" = Carcharias hardingi Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929 angel shark
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
unclassified
  -
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"carbonaceous plant debris"