Chris's Site, RTMP BB 107: Middle Campanian, Canada
collected by C. Page

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes informal indet. A Huxley 1880
334 elements
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
Metatheria indet. (Huxley 1880)
Brinkman et al. 1998 1 specimen
Eutheria indet. (Huxley 1880)
Brinkman et al. 1998 2 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 1998 3 specimens
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
14 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
24 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Aspideretes sp. Hay 1904
7 specimens
    = Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907
21 specimens
Ceratopsia indet. Marsh 1890
Brinkman et al. 1998 3 specimens
Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945
Brinkman et al. 1998 3 specimens
Reptilia
cf. Thescelosaurus neglectus Gilmore 1913
1 specimen
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
125 specimens
Reptilia
Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
75 specimens
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
3 specimens
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856
1 specimen
TMP 1986.202.0005
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990
Brinkman et al. 1998 2 specimens
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
3 specimens
Reptilia
? Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Brinkman et al. 1998 1 specimen
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933
24 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
24 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
21 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
145 specimens
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Kindleia sp. Jordan 1927
18 elements
synonym of Cyclurus
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
48 elements
may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1?
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
64 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
136 elements
Teleostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 12 elements
Teleostei informal indet. N Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 8 elements
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 - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
18 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
14 elements
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes
Esocoidea indet. Bleeker 1859
10 elements
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
8 elements
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 elements
Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
1 element
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
68 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 111.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.1° North, 76.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:655 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Local section:DPP-Brinkman Local bed:-3.1 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Microvertebrate sites of Brinkman (1990) are "...placed in stratigraphic sequence by reference to a disconformity located about sixty meters below the base of the Lethbridge Coal (Eberth, 1990). The stratigraphic position of each site is expressed in terms of meteres above or below the disconformity (Fig. 2, Brinkman, 1990)" where positive numbers are above and negative below.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,fine,medium sandstone
Secondary lithology:planar lamination carbonaceous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: BB 107 is a 30-50 cm thick, fine-to-medium-grained, contorted-to-horizontally-laminated, sandstone bed with thin, coaly siltstone laminae, all in a massive mudstone unit.
Environment:crevasse splay
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Geology comments: Splay deposits typically comprise stacked sequences of interlaminated sands and siltstones separated by erosional surfaces, thus indicating repeated flooding and aggradation.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Size sorting:medium
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:64.000 Maximum sieve size:81.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Collectors:C. Page
Collection method comments: Screenwashed elements were collected using a screen with 9 openings per centimeter.
Metadata
Also known as:microvertebrate, DPP, Bonebed 107
Database number:47809
Authorizer:R. Whatley, M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:R. Whatley, J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-02 08:16:54 Last modified:2021-09-23 12:18:41
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-02 08:16:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5929.ETE 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]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [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]
5930ETE 1711D. A. Eberth. 1990. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of vertebrate microfossil sites in the uppermost Judith River Formation (Campanian), Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78:1-36 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]
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]
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]