RTMP BB 117 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Bonebed 117, DPP, Dave's Site

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.8° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 76.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by D. A. Eberth in 1986; reposited in the TMP

Primary reference: D. B. Brinkman, M. J. Ryan, and D. A. Eberth. 1998. The paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution of ceratopsids (Ornithischia) in the Upper Judith River Group of western Canada. Palaios 13:160-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67894: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.12.2006, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha -
Metatheria indet. Huxley 1880 metatherian
Eutheria indet. eutherian
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Ornithischia -
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
"large theropod"
Paronychodon sp. Cope 1876 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon sp. Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978 maniraptoran
Aves
  -
? Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Actinopteri
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi1 Wilson et al. 1992
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus2 Cope 1876 guitarfish
1995.168.0027