Mitford siding (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.2° N, 114.5° W: paleocoordinates 59.2° N, 86.7° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Edmonton Group, Edmontonian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• originally considered basal Paskapoo Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Rutherford

Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1933. The Cretaceous-Tertiary transition of Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 26(4):121-156 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71487: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
"Unio cf. priscus" = Protelliptio (Plesielliptio) priscus Meek and Hayden 1856 freshwater mussel
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Viviparus sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Cerithioidea - Pleuroceridae
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
? Dromaeosaurus sp. Matthew and Brown 1922 maniraptoran
tooth
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Stylomyleodon sp." = Cyclurus
"Stylomyleodon sp." = Cyclurus Agassiz 1839 bowfin