RTMP BB 30 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Bonebed 30, Core, 0173/1

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.7° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 76.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• from 6 m above base of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; gray, yellow, carbonaceous mudstone

• "grayish orange mudstone with black to orangish plant material."

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collected by D. A. Russell, FEP in 1980, 1984, 1995–1996; reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: D. M. Jarzen. 1982. Palynology of Dinosaur Provincial Park (Campanian) Alberta. Syllogeus 38:1-69 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55352: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.10.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pteridopsida
  -
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
  - Polypodiaceae
Converrucosisporites
  -
Converrucosisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Acanthotriletes
  -
Acanthotriletes sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales -
 Ephedrales -
Cycadopites
  -
Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey 1964
Equisetopsida
 Anthocerotidae - Anthocerotidae
 Anthophyta -
Penetetrapites mollis
  -
Penetetrapites mollis Hedlund and Norris 1968
Hepaticae
  -
Taurocusporites segmentatus
  -
Taurocusporites reduncus
  -
Bryopsida
  -
Cedripites
  -
Alisporites
  -
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales -
Retitriletes austroclavatidites Döring et al. 1963 clubmoss
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
 Coniferales -
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
 Buxales - Buxaceae
 Gunnerales -
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Proteales -
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Schizosporis
  -
Schizosporis sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1959
Schizosporis parvus
  -
Schizosporis parvus Cookson and Dettmann 1959
Sigmopollis
  -
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines1
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines1 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Centrosaurus apertus2 Lambe 1905 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.2 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet.1 Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
Trudopollis
  -
Trudopollis meekeri Newman 1965