TMP NL-1: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by Brinkman 2003
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Acipenseriformes
- Polyodontidae
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Polyodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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2 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.1, 2009.137.2 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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76 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.23-24 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton sp.
Auffenberg 1961
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61 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.22 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton sp.
Cope 1876
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68 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.21 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Metatheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Borioteiioidea indet.
Nydam et al. 2007
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14 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.14 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Chamopsiidae
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Leptochamops sp.
Estes 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.16 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Archosauria indet.
(Cope 1869)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.18-19 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Thescelosauridae
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Parksosaurus warreni
(Parks 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.17 (=TMP 2009.137.0017) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hypacrosaurus altispinus
Brown 1913
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58 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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1 specimen | |||||||||
TMP 2003.15.2 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Avialae indet.
Gauthier 1986
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Holostei informal indet. A
(Müller 1846)
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437 specimens | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Cyclurus sp.
Agassiz 1839
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34 specimens | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
(centrum type U-5) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Estesesox sp.
Wilson et al. 1992
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5 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.9 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Acanthomorpha indet.
(Rosen 1973)
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74 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
TMP 2009.137.4-6, 10-13 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
- Sorbinichthyidae
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Sorbinichthyidae indet.
Bannikov and Bacchia 2000
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2 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.3, 2009.137.8 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
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Elopiformes indet.
Sauvage 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.25 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Coriops sp.
Estes 1969
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6 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.7 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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4 specimens | |||||||||
TMP 2009.137.27 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 112.9° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 59.7° North, 84.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Edmonton | Formation: | Horseshoe Canyon | Member: | Tolman |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: from Unit 4 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
Collectors: | Brinkman | Collection dates: | 2003 |
Metadata
Also known as: | HSC—Nick Longrich Site #1; RTMP L2385 | ||
Database number: | 135741 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-11-06 11:02:46 | Last modified: | 2023-09-29 14:31:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-06 11:02:46 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43426. | D. W. Larson, D. B. Brinkman, and P. R. Bell. 2010. Faunal assemblages from the upper Horseshoe Canyon Formation, an early Maastrichtian cool-climate assemblage from Alberta, with special reference to the Albertosaurus sarcophagus bonebed. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1159-1181 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
85876 | H.-D. Sues, D. C. Evans, P. M. Galton and C. M. Brown. 2022. Anatomy of the neornithischian dinosaur Parksosaurus warreni (Parks, 1926) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Maastrichtian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 141:105369 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |