Baby Ceratopsian Site: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
56 elements
Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
3 elements
Reptilia
Ceratopsia indet. Marsh 1890
7 specimens
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
3 specimens
"large"
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
3 specimens
Reptilia
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907
37 specimens
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933
29 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
15 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
16 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
? Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953
12 specimens
    = Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953
Brinkman et al. 2015
TMP 1990.48.52 and 1993.124.55
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
3 specimens
Mammalia - Marsupialia
Marsupialia indet. (Illiger 1811)
4 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
69 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
136 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
2 specimens
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A (Müller 1846)
24 elements
Holostei informal indet. B (Müller 1846)
2 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
1424 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
19 elements
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
44 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. R (Müller 1846)
27 elements
Teleostei informal indet. S (Müller 1846)
30 elements
Teleostei informal indet. A (Müller 1846)
50 elements
Teleostei informal indet. D (Müller 1846)
11 elements
Teleostei informal indet. G (Müller 1846)
23 elements
Teleostei informal indet. L (Müller 1846)
6 elements
Teleostei informal indet. N (Müller 1846)
7 elements
Teleostei informal indet. F (Müller 1846)
1 element
Teleostei informal indet. Q (Müller 1846)
2 elements
Teleostei informal indet. C (Müller 1846)
17 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
4 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
336 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
8 elements
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus montanensis Case 1978
17 elements
recombined as Meristodonoides montanensis
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Squatirhina americana Estes 1964
4 elements
recombined as Restesia americana
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
602 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 110.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.3° North, 76.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Dinosaur Park
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: from a channel lag within the 8-16 m thick Lethbridge coal zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal mudstone
Lithology description: "extensive lag (<50 cm thick), dominated by large numbers of unionid pelecypod valves and valve fragments"
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:many
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:BC
Database number:34305
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-08-26 14:22:47 Last modified:2021-09-22 16:12:52
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-26 14:22:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

56093 D. B. Brinkman, M. Densmore, M. Rabi, M. J. Ryan, and D. C. Evans. 2015. Marine turtles from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52:581-589 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]
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]