Scabby Butte, Site 2: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by L. S. Russell, W. Langston 1955, 1957
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Belmeisporites kondinskayae
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Gingkocycadephytus sp.
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Mancicorpus albertensis
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Mancicorpus sp.
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Coriaripites sp.
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Cicatricosisporites sp.
Potonie and Gelletich 1933
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Lycopodiopsida
- Lycopodiales
- Lycopodiaceae
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Lycopodiumsporites sp.
Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Hamulatisporis amplus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Hamulatisporis hamulatis
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Trifossapollenites ellipticus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Cranwellia rumseyensis
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites ? macgregorii
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites spinulosus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites dolium
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites decorus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites validus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites polaris
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites ? aptus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites augustus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites drumhellerensis
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites hirsutus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Balmeisporites bellus
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Glyptostrobus sp.
Endlicher 1847
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Picea sp.
Dietrich 1824
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Liliaceae
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Liliacidites sp.
Couper 1953
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Buxales
- Buxaceae
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Erdtmanipollis procumbentiformis
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Buxales
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Polypodiidites sp.
Potonié 1966
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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Momipites sp.
Wodehouse 1933
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Langston 1976 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Langston 1975 | 2 elements | ||||||||
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Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Langston 1975 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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Langston 1975 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Troodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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Langston 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis
Sternberg 1950
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Langston 1975 | 28 specimens | ||||||||
| NMC 9485, 9583, 9594, 9600, 9610, 9719, 9721-22, 10629-33, 10635-42, 10643, 10646, 10663-67 | ||||||||||
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Anchiceratops sp.
Brown 1914
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Langston 1975 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.9° North, 113.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.8° North, 80.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | St. Mary River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | tabular,"cross stratification",white poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Bones at Site 2 lie upon a soft white sandstone, characterized by thin tabular cross-bedding, which is truncated at the interface with the overlying bone-bearing claystone." | |
| Environment: | dry floodplain |
| Geology comments: "a dry flood plain or of long-abandoned channel floor" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NMC | ||
| Collectors: | L. S. Russell, W. Langston | Collection dates: | 1955, 1957 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Two ceratopsian frills were found and are believed to belong to Pachyrhinosaurus. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | NMC Locality P-5510 | ||
| Database number: | 52072 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, J. Alroy | Enterer: | K. Maguire, J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-19 11:24:15 | Last modified: | 2021-09-22 15:59:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-19 11:24:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62727. | L. S. Russell. 1966. Dinosaur hunting in western Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 70:1-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 32668 | ETE | P. J. Currie, W. Langston, and D. H. Tanke. 2008. A new species of Pachyrhinosaurus (Dinosauria, Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. In P. J. Currie, W. Langston, & D. H. Tanke (eds.), in A New Horned Dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous Bone Bed in Alberta 1-108 [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] | |
| 76767 | B. Holland, P. R. Bell, F. Fanti, S. M. Hamilton, D. W. Larson, R. Sissons, C. Sullivan, M. J. Vavrek, Y. Wang and N. E. Campione. 2021. Taphonomy and taxonomy of a juvenile lambeosaurine (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) bonebed from the late Campanian Wapiti Formation of northwestern Alberta, Canada. PeerJ 9:e11290:1-38 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
| 13943 | ETE | W. Langston. 1975. The ceratopsian dinosaurs and associated lower vertebrates from the St. Mary River Formation (Maestrichtian) at Scabby Butte, southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 12:1576-1608 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 2208 | W. Langston. 1976. A Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna from the St. Mary River Formation in western Canada. In C. S. Churcher (ed.), Athlon: Essays on Palaeontology in Honour of Loris Shano Russell 114-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
| 76818 | J. LeBlanc. 2000. Macrofossils. Their Localities in Alberta, Canada (with Notes on Adjacent Areas of British Columbia) 1-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |