Manyberries [Bearpaw Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.4° N, 110.4° W: paleocoordinates 56.5° N, 75.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bearpaw Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bearpaw [Shale] Formation, which overlies the Late Campanian Oldman Formation (brackish to non-marine), andis overlain by the Eastend Fm (Maastrichtian). AGE: Late Campanian on the basis of ammonite (and other groups) biostratigraphy; Baculites compressus biozone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray shale and lithified, concretionary shale

• ENVIRONMENT: Offshore siliciclastic marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Dark grey shale, with occasional concretions. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified shales, but with fossiliferous lithified concretions.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite

Collected by Russell & Landes in 1934-1936; reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: L.S. Russell and R. W. Landes. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)

Primary reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82638: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, scaphopoda, and cephalopoda.
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 nautiloid
 Vampyromorphida - Actinosepiidae
Actinosepia canadensis Whiteaves 1897 vampire squids
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
"Acanthoscaphites nodosus" = Hoploscaphites nodosus, "Rhaeboceras albertensis" = Rhaeboceras albertense, Rhaeboceras whiteavesi, "Rhaeboceras subglobosus" = Rhaeboceras subglobosum, Acanthoscaphites quadrangularis, Acanthoscaphites plenus
"Acanthoscaphites nodosus" = Hoploscaphites nodosus Owen 1852 ammonite
"Rhaeboceras albertensis" = Rhaeboceras albertense Warren 1930 ammonite
Rhaeboceras whiteavesi Russell and Landes 1937 ammonite
"Rhaeboceras subglobosus" = Rhaeboceras subglobosum Whiteaves 1885 ammonite
Acanthoscaphites plenus Meek and Hayden 1861 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites compressus Say 1920 ammonite
Baculites ovatus Say 1820 ammonite
Baculites crickmayi Williams 1930 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
Vanikoropsis sp. Meek 1876 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon centrale Meek 1871 pulmonate
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon canadensis Russell and Landes 1937 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria linguiformis pearl oyster
Pteria notukeuensis Warren 1934 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella attenuata Meek and Hayden 1857 mussel
Volsella galpiniana Evans and Shumard 1854 mussel
Volsella wrighti Warren 1934 mussel
Volsella anomala Russell and Landes 1937 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus moreauensis Meerk and Hayden 1861 clam
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia subquadrata Evans and Shumard 1857 cockle
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen albertensis Russell and Landes 1937 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula planimarginata Meek and Hayden 1857 nut clam
Nucula cancellata Meek and Hayden 1857 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia evansi Meek and Hayden 1857 clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae