Steveville Railway Grade, RTMP BB 102: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by P. Currie, L. J. Strong 1979–1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes informal indet. A Huxley 1880
Brinkman 1990 668 elements
Osteichthyes informal indet. B Huxley 1880
Brinkman 1990 11 elements
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
36 specimens
Metatheria indet. (Huxley 1880)
Brinkman et al. 1998 13 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 1998 12 specimens
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. (de Blainville 1835)
Danis 1986 2 specimens
TMP 79.8.184, 79.8.185 (right and left pubes)
Reptilia
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907
Brinkman 1990 414 specimens
Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
Brinkman 1990 126 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Brinkman 1990 276 specimens
Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945
Brinkman et al. 1998 1 specimen
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Brinkman 1990 37 specimens
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Brinkman 1990 2 specimens
Reptilia
? Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Brinkman et al. 1998 1 specimen
Neornithes informal indet. sp. 4 (Haeckel 1866)
Hope 2002 1 specimen
TMP 93.19.1
    = Ornithurae informal indet. E Haeckel 1866
Longrich 2009
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856
Brinkman 1990 6 specimens
TMP 1986.008.0093, 1983.036.0214, 1986.054.0066
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
Larson and Currie 2013 5 specimens
TMP 1989.076.0083, 1989.076.0063, 1984.092.0268, 1983.036.0233, 1983.036.0242
Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990
Brinkman et al. 1998 5 specimens
    = Richardoestesia isosceles Sankey 2001
Larson and Currie 2013
TMP 1984.092.0205
Dromaeosaurus sp. Matthew and Brown 1922
Brinkman et al. 1998 2 specimens
    = Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922
Larson and Currie 2013
TMP 1986.054.0067, 1981.016.0281
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Brinkman 1990 47 specimens
TMP 1987.046.0053, 1987.072.0004, 1987.072.0023, 1987.072.0026
cf. Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Brinkman 1990 1 specimen
    = Zapsalis abradens Cope 1876
Larson and Currie 2013
TMP 1985.058.0065
    = Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Currie and Evans 2020
Paronychodon sp. Cope 1876
Brinkman et al. 1998 1 specimen
    = Zapsalis abradens Cope 1876
Larson and Currie 2013
TMP 1980.016.0833
    = Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Currie and Evans 2020
Zapsalis abradens Cope 1876
Larson and Currie 2013 2 specimens
TMP 1980.016.0833, 1985.058.0065
    = Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Currie and Evans 2020
Hesperonychus elizabethae Longrich and Currie 2009
Longrich and Currie 2009 1 specimen
TMP 1988.36.68
Reptilia
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933
Brinkman 1990 93 specimens
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Brinkman 1990 69 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
47 specimens
Neurankylus eximius Lambe 1902
Brinkman and Nicholls 1993 2 specimens
UALVP 30824, partial skull; TMP 84.92.43, fragmentary right frontal
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Aspideretes sp. Hay 1904
Brinkman 1990 79 specimens
    = Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2007
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys variolosa (Cope 1876)
Brinkman 1990 2 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
13 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Brinkman 1990 14 specimens
Anura informal Unnamed genus and species I
Gardner et al. 2016 5 specimens
UALVP 40179, 40188*–40190*, 40210*, maxillae
Hensonbatrachus kermiti Gardner and Brinkman 2015
Gardner and Brinkman 2015 4 specimens
UALVP 40208 and 40209 (maxillae); TMP 1974.10.88 (ilium); UALVP 40176 (humerus)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
Brinkman 1990 183 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Brinkman 1990 61 specimens
Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Brinkman 1990 7 elements
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
Brinkman 1990 32 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
Brinkman 1990 33 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Brinkman 1990 56 elements
Teleostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 16 elements
Teleostei informal indet. N Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 1 element
Teleostei informal indet. L Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 2 elements
Teleostei informal indet. E Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 1 element
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Brinkman 1990 36 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
Brinkman 1990 8 elements
Actinopteri
Osteoglossomorpha informal indet. 2 Greenwood et al. 1966
Brinkman and Neuman 2002 3 elements
Actinopteri - Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae
Hiodontidae indet.
Brinkman and Neuman 2002 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes
Esocoidea indet. Bleeker 1859
Brinkman 1990 14 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Wilson et al. 1992 5 specimens
Actinopteri - Acanthomorpha
Acanthomorpha indet. Rosen 1973
Brinkman and Neuman 2002 9 elements
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
22 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
2714 elements
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Kindleia sp. Jordan 1927
Brinkman 1990 18 elements
synonym of Cyclurus
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus montanensis Case 1978
Brinkman 1990 2 elements
recombined as Meristodonoides montanensis
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
948 elements
2003.012.0213
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae indet. Deshayes 1855
Johnston and Hendy 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 111.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.1° North, 76.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:676 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Campanian - Campanian
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:current ripples sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: .
Environment:channel lag
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "hydraul. srting,chann. Lag"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Collection size:6057 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Collectors:P. Currie, L. J. Strong Collection dates:1979–1990
Collection method comments: ETE reference list: 666, 664, 984, 983, 981, 657
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1572, Steveville Railroad Grade, RRG, Bonebed 102, RTMP Quarry 152, TMP loc. L0408
Database number:22697
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, E. Vlachos, J. Alroy, R. Whatley, P. Mannion Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion, J. Alroy, R. Whatley, J. Tennant, E. Vlachos, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2001-05-29 01:00:00 Last modified:2023-07-14 14:31:36
Access level:the public Released:2001-05-29 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16643.ETE D. B. Brinkman. 1986. Microvertebrate sites: progress and prospectus. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta 24-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
5929ETE 1710D. B. Brinkman. 1990. Paleontology of the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Dinosaur National Park, Alberta, Canada: evidence from vertebrate microfossil locality. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78:37-54 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano]
10614ETE D. B. Brinkman and A. G. Neuman. 2002. Teleost centra from uppermost Judith River Group (Dinosaur Park Formation, Campanian) of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 76(1):138-155 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
686 D. B. Brinkman and E. L. Nicholls. 1993. The skull of Neurankylus eximius (Testudines: Baenidae) and a reinterpretation of the relationships of this taxon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):273-281 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
19348ETE D. B. Brinkman, M. J. Ryan, and D. A. Eberth. 1998. The paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution of ceratopsids (Ornithischia) in the Upper Judith River Group of western Canada. Palaios 13:160-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
16964ETE 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]
76402 P. J. Currie and D. C. Evans. 2020. Cranial Anatomy of New Specimens of Saurornitholestes langstoni (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta. The Anatomical Record 303:691-715 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
15355ETE J. Danis. 1986. Quarries of Dinosaur Provincial Park. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta 43-51 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78157 D. A. Eberth. 2015. Origins of dinosaur bonebeds in the Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):655-681 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
9017 D. A. Eberth and D. B. Brinkman. 1997. Paleoecology of an estuarine, incised-valley fill in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Judith River Group, Upper Cretaceous) of southern Alberta, Canada. Palaios 12:43-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]
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]
29037 S. Hope. 2002. The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes. In L. M. Chiappe and L. M. Witmer (eds.), Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley 339-388 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
16975ETE P. A. Johnston and A. J. W. Hendy. 2005. Paleoecology of mollusks from the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Group. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 139-166 [M. Carrano/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]
46170 T. Sato, D. A. Eberth, E. L. Nicholls and M. Manabe. 2005. Plesiosaurian remains from non-marine to paralic sediments. Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed 249-276 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]
81203 A. E. Wilson, M. G. Newbrey, D. B. Brinkman, T. D. Cook, and A. G. Neuman. 2013. Age and growth in Myledaphus bipartitus, a Late Cretaceous freshwater guitarfish from Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50(9):930-944 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]