Pinhorn South Site, RTMP L1129: Middle Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
29 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
44 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
14 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
15 specimens
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
2 specimens
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
2 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
93 specimens
Reptilia
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
7 specimens
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
2 specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
40 specimens
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Alligatorinae indet. Cuvier 1807
11 specimens
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
27 specimens
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Socognathus unicuspis Gao and Fox 1991
2 specimens
Reptilia
cf. Paraderma bogerti Estes 1964
1 specimen
Varanoidea indet. Gray 1827
2 specimens
Reptilia - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837
9 specimens
Reptilia - Anguidae
cf. Odaxosaurus piger (Gilmore 1928)
11 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
24 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
15 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
13 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 2004 4 specimens
Cimexomys sp. Sloan and Van Valen 1965
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Turgidodon russelli (Fox 1979)
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Turgidodon praesagus (Russell 1952)
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Marsupialia
Marsupialia indet. (Illiger 1811)
Brinkman et al. 2004 2 specimens
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae indet. Bonaparte 1831
6 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
16 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
148 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
43 elements
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
2 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
19 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
1 element
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
1 element
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
339 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
19 elements
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidiidae indet. Gray 1857
spelled with current rank as Pisidiinae
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"plant debris"
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 110.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.4° North, 76.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Middle Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Oldman Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower unit of formation; 35 m above top of Taber Coal Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tabular argillaceous,silty sandstone
Secondary lithology:deformed bedding,ferruginous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "tabular, flat-bedded, carbonaceous, clayey, silty sandstone. The host lithosome is about 75 cm thick, and fines upward into siltstone, featuring contorted structure and local iron staining."
Environment:crevasse splay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Size sorting:well
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Metadata
Also known as:PHS
Database number:45670
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-22 10:12:15 Last modified:2021-09-23 12:22:57
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-22 10:12:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11964.ETE J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
11931ETE D. B. Brinkman, A. P. Russell, D. A. Eberth and J. Peng. 2004. Vertebrate palaeocommunities of the lower Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, as interpreted from vertebrate microfossil assemblages. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 213:295-313 [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]