PBDB Collection

RTMP BB 54: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by L. J. Strong 1985

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes

	Osteichthyes informal indet. A Huxley 1880	Brinkman 1990	1582 elements

	Osteichthyes informal indet. B Huxley 1880	Brinkman 1990	196 elements
Mammalia

	Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758	Brinkman 1990	8 specimens

	Metatheria indet. (Huxley 1880)	Brinkman et al. 1998	12 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata

	Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884	Brinkman et al. 1998	11 specimens
Reptilia

	Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907	Brinkman 1990	53 specimens

	Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923	Brinkman 1990	1 specimen
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

	Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869	Brinkman 1990	13 specimens
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae

	Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888	Brinkman 1990	8 specimens
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

	cf. Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969	Brinkman 1990	1 specimen

	Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990	Brinkman et al. 1998	7 specimens

	Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978	Brinkman 1990	8 specimens
Reptilia

	Paronychodon sp. Cope 1876	Brinkman et al. 1998	1 specimen

	Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933	Brinkman 1990	109 specimens
Reptilia - Lacertilia

	Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842	Brinkman 1990	12 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae

	Baenidae indet. Cope 1882		6 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Aspideretes sp. Hay 1904	Brinkman 1990	12 specimens
	= Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825	Alroy 2007
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

	Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839		5 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)	Brinkman 1990	8 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

	Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876	Brinkman 1990	287 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae

	Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961	Brinkman 1990	60 specimens
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

	Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902	Brinkman 1990	15 elements
Actinopteri

	Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846	Brinkman 1990	405 elements

	Teleostei indet. Müller 1846	Brinkman 1990	331 elements

	Teleostei informal indet. A Müller 1846	Eberth and Brinkman 1997	88 elements

	Teleostei informal indet. N Müller 1846	Eberth and Brinkman 1997	18 elements

	Teleostei informal indet. L Müller 1846	Eberth and Brinkman 1997	11 elements

	Teleostei informal indet. E Müller 1846	Eberth and Brinkman 1997	5 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae

	Paralbula casei Estes 1969	Brinkman 1990	13 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae

	Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969	Brinkman 1990	112 elements
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes

	Esocoidea indet. Bleeker 1859	Brinkman 1990	35 elements
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

	Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)		5 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

	Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843		742 elements
	may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1?
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

	Kindleia sp. Jordan 1927	Brinkman 1990	149 elements
	synonym of Cyclurus
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

	Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876		218 elements
see common names

Geography

Country:	Canada	State/province:	Alberta
Coordinates:	50.8° North, 111.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	58.1° North, 76.1° West
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Altitude:	678 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:	83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Belly River	Formation:	Dinosaur Park
Local section:	DPP-Brinkman	Local bed:	38.0 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:	planar lamination silty,carbonaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology:	mudstone
Lithology description: BB 54 occurs as a 50 cm thick coaly, horizontally-laminated deposit, comprising three poorly-to-moderately-sorted, normally graded sequences. Sequences are silty sandstone, except for siltstone/mudstone seqence. It is not obvious if or where fossils are concentrated.
Environment:	fine channel fill
Glacial or sequence phase:	transgressive
Geology comments: Muddy channel-fill - abandoned channel

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:	L. J. Strong	Collection dates:	5 June 1985
Collection method comments: Screenwashed elements were collected using a screen with 9 openings per centimeter.

Metadata

Also known as:	microvertebrate, Bonebed 54, DPP
Database number:	47814
Authorizer:	R. Whatley, M. Carrano, J. Alroy	Enterer:	R. Whatley, J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2005-03-02 13:49:30	Last modified:	2021-09-22 16:07:16
Access level:	the public	Released:	2005-03-02 13:49:30
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]
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]
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]