Verdigris Coulee TMP L1145: Late/Upper Santonian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion sp. Estes 1964
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Pseudomyledaphus madseni Kirkland et al. 2013
8 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectolobidae indet. Jordan and Fowler 1903
1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
25 specimens
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiinae indet. Bonaparte 1837
3 specimens
cf. Melvius sp. Bryant 1987
1 specimen
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. O (Müller 1846)
2 specimens
"type O"
Teleostei informal indet. U-4 (Müller 1846)
5 specimens
"type U-4"
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes
Wilsonichthys sp. Murray et al. 2016
6 specimens
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
1 specimen
Actinopteri
Acanthomorpha indet. (Rosen 1973)
4 specimens
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata
Otophysi informal indet. U-3/BvD
4 specimens
corrected as Otophysa
"Teleost U-3/BvD"
Elopomorpha indet. (Greenwood et al. 1966)
1 specimen
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
Key time interval:Late/Upper Santonian
Age range of interval:85.80000 - 83.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Milk River Member:Deadhorse Coulee
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: at the base of a laterally-extensive sandstone that is broadly exposed near the top of the section in Verdigris Coulee
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Collection method comments: Both surfaced collected and screen-washed using a screen with 0.85 mm openings
Metadata
Also known as:TMP accession number 2000.1
Database number:190344
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, M. Carrano Enterer:P. Holroyd, M. Carrano
Created:2017-12-05 13:11:31 Last modified:2017-12-05 13:11:31
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-05 13:11:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]