RTMP BB 47: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by L. J. Strong, W. Sloboda, S. Currie 1985–1992
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimidae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Longrich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RTMP 1992.36.117 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Godfrey and Currie 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RTMP 1992.36.333 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Caenagnathidae
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Caenagnathus cf. sternbergi
Cracraft 1971
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Currie et al. 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RTMP 1992.36.390 | ||||||||||
= Leptorhynchos elegans
Parks 1933
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Longrich et al. 2013 | |||||||||
= cf. Citipes elegans
Parks 1933
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Funston 2020 | |||||||||
cf. Citipes elegans
(Parks 1933)
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Funston 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RTMP 1992.036.0674 | ||||||||||
Caenagnathus sp.
Sternberg 1940
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Currie et al. 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RTMP 1992.36.53 | ||||||||||
Chirostenotes pergracilis
Gilmore 1924
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Funston 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RTMP 1992.036.1237 | ||||||||||
Leptorhynchos elegans
(Parks 1933)
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Funston et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Citipes elegans | ||||||||||
TMP 1996.012.0141, left tarsometatarsus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Chasmosaurus sp.
Lambe 1914
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Reptilia
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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= Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Mannion 2017 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 58.0° North, 76.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 689 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
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 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |
Environment: | "channel" |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel; ETE env comment: hydrau. rewrking |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Size sorting: | well |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Collection size: | 400 specimens | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
Collectors: | L. J. Strong, W. Sloboda, S. Currie | Collection dates: | 1985–1992 |
Collection method comments: ETE reference list: 478 |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1530, Bonebed 47 | ||
Database number: | 22656 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, J. Tennant |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | taphonomy,vertebrate |
Created: | 2001-04-16 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-26 15:36:25 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-04-16 01:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5923. | ETE 1704 | A. K. Behrensmeyer. 1994. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/S. Holland] |
Secondary references:
16964 | ETE | P. J. Currie. 2005. History of research. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 3-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
9243 | P. J. Currie, S. J. Godfrey, and L. Nessov. 1994. New caenagnathid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2255-2272 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
77956 | P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus. 2015. The significance of the theropod collections of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology to our understanding of Late Cretaceous theropod diversity. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):620-629 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
73939 | G. F. Funston. 2020. Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: anatomy, osteohistology, taxonomy, and evolution. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 8:105-153 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
86180 | G. F. Funston, P. J. Currie, and M. E. Burns. 2016. New elmisaurine specimens from North America and their relationship to the Mongolian Elmisaurus rarus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(1):159-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
31859 | ETE | S. J. Godfrey and P. J. Currie. 2004. A theropod (Dromaeosauridae, Dinosauria) sternal plate from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. In P. J. Currie, E. B. Koppelhus, M. A. Shugar, J. L. Wright (eds.), Feathered Dragons. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 144-149 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
33966 | ETE | N. Longrich. 2008. A new, large ornithomimid from the Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada: implications for the study of dissociated dinosaur remains. Palaeontology 51(4):983-997 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
46506 | N. R. Longrich, K. Barnes, S. Clark and L. Millar. 2013. Caenagnathidae from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation of west Texas, and a revision of the Caenagnathinae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(1):23-49 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
63504 | P. D. Mannion. 2017. Personal opinions. [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
79485 | M. M. Rhodes, G. F. Funston, and P. J. Currie. 2020. New material reveals the pelvic morphology of Caenagnathidae (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria). Cretaceous Research 114:104521:1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
16613 | ETE | D. J. Varricchio. 2001. Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur (Theropoda) dinosaurs from Montana. D. H. Tanke and K. Carpenter (eds.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 42-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |