Matthew's Site, RTMP BB 121: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by M. Cross 1987
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes informal indet. A
Huxley 1880
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62 elements | |||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Polyodontidae
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Polyodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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9 elements | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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92 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Saurornitholestes langstoni
Sues 1978
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Troodon formosus
Leidy 1856
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Leidyosuchus canadensis
Lambe 1907
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61 specimens | |||||||||
Champsosaurus natator
Parks 1933
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretes sp.
Hay 1904
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19 specimens | |||||||||
= Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Metatheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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84 specimens | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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152 elements | |||||||||
may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1? | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia sp.
Jordan 1927
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9 elements | |||||||||
synonym of Cyclurus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus longirostris
(Lambe 1902)
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10 elements | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. D
Müller 1846
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42 elements | |||||||||
Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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60 elements | |||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. A
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 8 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. N
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 2 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Coriops amnicolus
Estes 1969
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18 elements | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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6 elements | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Salmoniformes
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Esocoidea indet.
Bleeker 1859
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2 elements | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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52 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: | 657 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | ||
Local section: | DPP-Brinkman | Local bed: | -7.0 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: | very fine,fine silty,carbonaceous sandstone |
Lithology description: BB 121 occurs in a 1.5 m thick fining-upward unit of resistant, carbonaceous contorted, silty, very fine-to-fine-grained sandstone. | |
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: | well |
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: | M. Cross | Collection dates: | 1987 |
Collection method comments: Screenwashed elements were collected using a screen with 9 openings per centimeter. |
Metadata
Also known as: | microvertebrate, Bonebed 121, DPP | ||
Database number: | 47811 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Whatley, J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Whatley, J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-02 12:46:14 | Last modified: | 2021-09-23 12:19:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-02 12:46:14 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5929. | ETE 1710 | D. 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] | |
19348 | ETE | 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] |
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] |
5930 | ETE 1711 | D. 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] |