Hoodoo Site, RTMP L1126 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Ho S

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 56.4° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Oldman Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• lower unit of formation; 8.5 m above top of Taber Coal Zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; silty sandstone

• "it probably represents a complexly interbedded lateral accretion in a paleochannel succession."
• "a 50 to 75 cm thick, silty sandstone body, which displays a complexly stratified, ripple laminated, and heterolithic succession. Above the host lithosome are abundant contorted heterolithic beds which contain organic and coaly debris."

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 45565: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2004, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae Gray 1857 clam
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Eodelphis sp.2 Matthew 1916 metatherian
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.2 Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Multituberculata -
Cimexomys sp.2 Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Cimolomyidae indet.2 Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
Cimolomys clarki2 Sahni 1972 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Socognathus unicuspis Gao and Fox 1991 squamates
 Squamata - Xenosauridae
Xenosauridae indet. Cope 1866 squamates
 Squamata -
Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928 squamates
Colpodontosaurus cf. cracens Estes 1964 squamates
 Squamata - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837 squamates
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
 Salientia -
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar
 Teleostei -
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
unclassified
  -
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"carbonaceous plant debris"