Gastropod Bay Site 1 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as GB1

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 56.3° N, 76.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• from a channel lag within the 8-16 m thick Lethbridge coal zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; shelly/skeletal, sandy mudstone

• "heterolithic mudstone... thin, sandy, gastropod-shell-rich lags"

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: D. A. Eberth and D. B. Brinkman. 1997. Paleoecology of an estuarine, incised-valley fill in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Judith River Group, Upper Cretaceous) of southern Alberta, Canada. Palaios 12:43-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34310: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
Aves
 Hesperornithiformes - Baptornithidae
? Baptornis sp. Marsh 1877 bird
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Toxochelyidae
? Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953 sea turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
Mammalia
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Marsupialia
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon
 Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 paddlefish
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei "indet. R" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. S" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. A" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. D" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. L" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. N" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. F" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. Q" Müller 1846
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish
 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 - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch