Woodpile Creek (Cretaceous to of Canada)

Also known as DUPLICATE REF 3312 or 3313 or 3314

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.1° N, 109.5° W: paleocoordinates 56.1° N, 74.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coal Ridge Member (Judith River Formation), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Judithian based on fauna

•Rogers et al. 2016: This mid-Judith discontinuity defines the boundary between the new McClelland Ferry and overlying Coal Ridge Members of the Judith River Formation. The shallow marine sandstones that form the backstepping sequences represent the leading edge of the Bearpaw transgression in this region and are formalized as the new Woodhawk Member of the Judith River Formation in a third reference section. New 40Ar/39Ar ages indicate (1) that the mid-Judith discontinuity formed ∼76.2 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. E. Storer. 1993. Additions to the mammalian paleofauna of Saskatchewan. Modern Geology 18(4):475-487 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14494: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• shown on map as on unnamed river S of Consul very close to international border
see also Storer 1995a
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus sp. Cope 1876 guitarfish
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cretorectolobus sp. Case 1978 wobbegong
Osteichthyes
 Chondrostei -
Acipenseriformes indet. Berg 1940 ray-finned fish
Amphibia
 Salientia -
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossidae indet. Günther 1859 painted frog
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton sp. Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton sp. Cope 1876 salamander
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.2 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
RSMNH P2155.79
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Cimolomys sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadon cf. halleyi Sahni 1972 metatherian
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
Boremys sp. Lambe 1906 turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychinae indet.1 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
 Neornithischia - Thescelosauridae
Thescelosauridae indet. Sternberg 1937 ornithischian
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Edmontonia sp. Sternberg 1928 ankylosaur
Panoplosaurus sp. Lambe 1919 ankylosaur
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid
 Ornithischia -
Stegoceras sp. Lambe 1902 ornithischian
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
small
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon sp. Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Albertosaurus sp. Osborn 1905 Alberta lizard
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Esocidae indet. Cuvier 1817
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula sp. Blake 1940
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops sp. Estes 1969 bonefish