Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-8): Late/Upper Santonian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidion sp.
Estes 1964
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Pseudomyledaphus madseni
Kirkland et al. 2013
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiinae indet.
Bonaparte 1837
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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cf. Melvius sp.
Bryant 1987
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. O
(Müller 1846)
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| "type O" | ||||||||||
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Teleostei informal indet. U-4
(Müller 1846)
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
| "type U-4" | ||||||||||
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Acanthomorpha indet.
(Rosen 1973)
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
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Horseshoeichthys sp.
Newbrey et al. 2010
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Otophysa informal indet. U-3/BvD
()
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| "Type U-3/BvD" | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
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Wilsonichthys sp.
Murray et al. 2016
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Hiodontiformes
- Hiodontidae
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Hiodontidae indet.
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Elopomorpha indet.
(Greenwood et al. 1966)
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton galaktion
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Gardner 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Albanerpeton nexuosus
Estes 1981
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Gardner 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Urodela indet.
(Duméril 1805)
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Brinkman et al. 2017 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Alphadontidae
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Alphadon creber
Fox 1971
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Fox 1971 | |||||||||
| recombined as Varalphadon creber | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Aquiladelphidae
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Aquiladelphis incus n. sp.
Fox 1971
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Fox 1971 | |||||||||
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Aquiladelphis minor n. sp.
Fox 1971
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Fox 1971 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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Eodelphis sp.
Matthew 1916
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Fox 1971 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Meniscoessus ferox n. sp.
Fox 1971
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? Cimolomys informal sp. A
Marsh 1889
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon electus
Fox 1971
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Cimolodon similis
Fox 1971
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Viridomys orbatus
Fox 1971
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 111.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.4° North, 73.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Campanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Milk River | Member: | Deadhorse Coulee | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UALVP MR-8 | ||
| Database number: | 14426 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2015-08-13 10:04:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1510. | R. C. Fox. 1971. Early Campanian multituberculates (Mammalia: Allotheria) from the upper Milk River Formation, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:916-938 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 64013 | D. B. Brinkman, A. G. Neuman, and J. D. Divay. 2017. Non-marine fishes of the late Santonian Milk River Formation of Alberta, Canada – evidence from vertebrate microfossil localities. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Paleontology 3:7-46 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
| 1511 | R. C. Fox. 1971. Marsupial mammals from the early Campanian Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):145-164 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
| 42675 | J. D. Gardner. 2000. Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of North America. Geodiversitas 22(3):349-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |