Irvine microvertebrate site: Judithian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura informal indet. 3 (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Gardner et al. 2016 1 specimen
UALVP 40218*, maxilla
Anura informal indet. 2 (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Gardner et al. 2016 2 specimens
UALVP 40191*, 40192*, maxillae
Anura informal indet. 1 (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Gardner et al. 2016 1 specimen
UALVP 40169*, maxilla
Anura informal Unnamed genus and species I
Gardner et al. 2016 14 specimens
UALVP 40192*, 40201*, maxillae; UALVP 40181, 40185*, 40186*, squamosals; UALVP 40180, 40193*–40195*, nasals; UALVP 40182, 40183, 40196*, 40197*, frontoparietals; possibly UALVP 40184, ilium
Hensonbatrachus kermiti n. gen., n. sp. Gardner and Brinkman 2015
Gardner and Brinkman 2015 22 specimens
UALVP 40167 - holotype (right maxilla missing posterior and anterior ends of bone); referred material: UALVP 40202–40207, UALVP 40037, 40038, 40052, and 40152 (maxillae); UALVP 40217 (premaxilla); UALVP 40171, 40172, 40211, and 40212 (squamosals); UALVP 40170 (nasal); UALVP 40173 and 40174 (frontoparietals); UALVP 40175, 40213 and 40214 (ilia)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Habrosaurus prodilatus n. sp. Gardner 2003
Gardner 2003 8 specimens
UALVP 43906 - type (incomplete premaxilla); referred specimens: UALVP 43902-43905 (premaxillae), 43907-43909 (dentaries) and 40051 (atlantal centrum)
Scapherpetontidae informal gen. et sp. nov. 1
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Scapherpetontidae indet. (Auffenberg and Goin 1959)
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Lisserpeton bairdi Estes 1965
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Hesperonychus elizabethae Longrich and Currie 2009
Longrich and Currie 2009 2 specimens
UALVP 50048, 50049
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
Larson and Currie 2013 1 specimen
TMP 1982.024.0078
Reptilia
Ornithurae informal indet. B (Haeckel 1866)
Longrich 2009 1 specimen
UALVP 47944
Ornithurae informal indet. C (Haeckel 1866)
Longrich 2009 1 specimen
UALVP 47942
Reptilia - Cteniogenyidae
Cteniogenys cf. antiquus Gilmore 1928
Gao and Fox 1991 7 specimens
UALVP 29808, 29809 (maxillary fragments), 29791, 29793-29795, 29800 (partial dentaries)
Reptilia - Cordylidae
? Cordylidae informal gen. et sp. indet. A
Gao and Fox 1991 2 specimens
UALVP 29810, 29907 (partial dentaries)
Reptilia - Scincidae
Orthrioscincus mixtus n. gen., n. sp. Gao and Fox 1996
Gao and Fox 1991 2 specimens
UALVP 29747 (holotype left dentary), 29904 (right dentary)
Reptilia - Teiidae
Gerontoseps irvinensis n. gen., n. sp. Gao and Fox 1991
Gao and Fox 1991 8 specimens
UALVP 29754 (holotype), plus UALVP 29757, 29760-29762, 29765-29766, 29768 (partial dentaries reported by Gao & Fox 1996)
Glyptogenys ornata n. gen., n. sp. Gao and Fox 1991
Gao and Fox 1991 7 specimens
UALVP 29735 (holotype); UALVP 2036, 29756, 29759, 29913, 29767, 29769 (dentaries reported by Gao & Fox 1996)
Sphenosiagon simplex n. gen., n. sp. Gao and Fox 1991
Gao and Fox 1991 1 specimen
UALVP 29742 (holotype)
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Socognathus unicuspis Gao and Fox 1991
Gao and Fox 1991 5 specimens
UALVP 29736, 29740, 29743-45 (dentaries)
Leptochamops thrinax n. gen., n. sp. Gao and Fox 1991
Gao and Fox 1991 4 specimens
UALVP 29749 (holotype dentary), 29748, 29750, 29753 (dentaries)
Leptochamops cf. denticulatus (Gilmore 1928)
Gao and Fox 1991 2 specimens
UALVP 29741, 29772 (right dentaries)
Reptilia
Parasaniwa informal n. sp. cf. wyomingensis
Gao and Fox 1991 13 specimens
UALVP 33346, 33366-33369 (maxilla), 33370-33373 (dentaries), 33375-33377 (parietals), 33374 (frontal)
Reptilia - Anguidae
Odaxosaurus priscus n. sp. Gao and Fox 1996
Gao and Fox 1991 11 specimens
UALVP 29896 (holotype dentary), 29892-5 (maxillae), 29897-29902, 33380 (dentaries)
Mammalia - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops lewisi Sahni 1972
Fox 1979
Mammalia
Paranyctoides sternbergi n. sp. Fox 1979
Fox 1979
Mammalia - Pediomyidae
Pediomys sp. Marsh 1889
Fox 1979
form "A"
    = Pediomyidae indet. Simpson 1927
Alroy 2007
Pediomys clemensi Sahni 1972
Fox 1979
recombined as Protolambda clemensi
Pediomys cf. hatcheri (Osborn 1898)
Fox 1979
original and current combination Protolambda hatcheri
Pediomys cf. elegans Marsh 1889
Fox 1979
Pediomys prokrejcii n. sp. Fox 1979
Fox 1979
recombined as Leptalestes prokrejcii
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Alphadon russelli n. sp. Fox 1979
recombined as Turgidodon russelli
(5 measurements)
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Wilson et al. 1992 8 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 110.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:57.0° North, 75.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval:Judithian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Dinosaur Park
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: originally upper Oldman Fm., now upper part of Dinosaur Park Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:14463
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2013-09-13 15:28:44
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1517. R. C. Fox. 1979. Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation, Alberta. I. Alphadon Simpson (Marsupialia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16:91-102 [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]
19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1518 R. C. Fox. 1979. Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation, Alberta. II. Pediomys Marsh (Marsupialia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16:103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
1519 R. C. Fox. 1979. Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation, Alberta. III. Eutheria. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16:114 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
37545 K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1991. New teiid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation (Judithian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, with a review of the Cretaceous record of teiids. Annals of Carnegie Museum 60(2):145-162 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
42825 J. D. Gardner. 2003. Revision of Habrosaurus Gilmore (Caudata; Sirenidae) and relationships among sirenid salamanders. Palaeontology 46(6):1089-1122 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
56071 J. D. Gardner and D. B. Brinkman. 2015. A new frog (Lissamphibia, Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. In O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, G. L. Powell, H. A. Jamniczky, A. M. Bauer, J. Theodor (eds.), All Animals are Interesting: A Festschrift in Honour of Anthony P. Russell 35-105 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
65027 J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
64015 J. D. Gardner, C. M. Redman, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. The hopping dead: Late Cretaceous frogs from the middle-late Campanian (Judithian) of western North America. Fossil Imprint 72(1-2):78-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
48570 D. W. Larson and P. J. Currie. 2013. Multivariate analyses of small theropod dinosaur teeth and implications for paleoecological turnover through time. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54329:1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29137ETE N. R. Longrich. 2009. An ornithurine-dominated avifauna from the Belly River Group (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 30(1):161-177 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29426 N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie. 2009. A microraptorine (Dinosauria–Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
45321 M. V. H. Wilson, D. B. Brinkman, and A. G. Neuman. 1992. Cretaceous Esocoidei (Teleostei): early radiation of the pikes in North American fresh waters. Journal of Paleontology 66(5):839-846 [M. Bell/M. Bell]