Also known as RDS
Where: Alberta, Canada (49.2° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 56.4° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Oldman Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Nesmo's unit; 5.5 m higher than CBC site; upper member of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: channel lag; lenticular, intraclastic, argillaceous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1996, 2013; 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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 45898: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.12.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Mammalia | |
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Reptilia | |
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle | |
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837 squamates | |
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964 squamates | |
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Alligatorinae indet. crocodilian | |
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur | |
Ankylosauria indet.3 Osborn 1923 ankylosaur TMP2013.019.0156, 0157, 0105-0108; TMP1996.070.0034, 0035
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Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890 ankylosaur | |
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid | |
Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945 ornithischian | |
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid TMP2013.019.0158, 0159, 0190, 0109–0112; TMP1996.083.0039–0041, 0045
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Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid TMP2013.019.0125–0128, 0166–0169, 0171; TMP1996.083.0042–0044
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Troodon formosus Leidy 1856 maniraptoran | |
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922 maniraptoran | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
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Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere | |
Actinopteri | |
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Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992 | |
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949 | |
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish |