Pinhorn Range #93-2, RTMP L1133 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as PHR 93-2

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 56.4° N, 76.4° 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; 24.5 m above top of Taber Coal Zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; lenticular sandstone and fine-grained sandstone

• "The host lithosome is a 1.25 m-thick, fining-upward sandstone body, composed of 75 cm of large-scale trough cross-beds that then pass into heterolithic incliined units. The heterolithic beds comprise fine-grained sandstone with abundant plant debris. Vertebrate microfossil remains occur in the transition from the cross-bedding to the heterolithic inclined beds."

Size class: 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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 45820: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.12.2004, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"plant debris"
Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium missouriense Case 1979 carpet shark
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
Mammalia
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.2 Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
"Mesodma cf. primaeva" = Filikomys primaevus2
"Mesodma cf. primaeva" = Filikomys primaevus2 Lambe 1902 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus major2 Russell 1936 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
 Squamata -
Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
cf. Odaxosaurus piger Gilmore 1928 squamates
Odaxosaurus cf. priscus Gao and Fox 1996 squamates
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964 squamates
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
 Theropoda -
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876 maniraptoran
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Salientia -
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae indet. Bonaparte 1831 ray-finned fish
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
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992