Verdigris Coulee TMP L1145: Late/Upper Santonian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidion sp.
Estes 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Pseudomyledaphus madseni
Kirkland et al. 2013
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Orectolobidae indet.
Jordan and Fowler 1903
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Urodela indet.
(Duméril 1805)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiinae indet.
Bonaparte 1837
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3 specimens | |||||||||
cf. Melvius sp.
Bryant 1987
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. O
(Müller 1846)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
"type O" | ||||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. U-4
(Müller 1846)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
"type U-4" | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
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Wilsonichthys sp.
Murray et al. 2016
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Estesesox foxi
Wilson et al. 1992
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Acanthomorpha indet.
(Rosen 1973)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
Otophysi informal indet. U-3/BvD
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4 specimens | |||||||||
corrected as Otophysa | ||||||||||
"Teleost U-3/BvD" | ||||||||||
Elopomorpha indet.
(Greenwood et al. 1966)
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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] |