Mitford siding: Edmontonian, Canada
collected by Rutherford
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Stylomyleodon sp.
Russell 1928
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| synonym of Cyclurus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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? Dromaeosaurus sp.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus sp.
Montfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Pleuroceridae
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Goniobasis whiteavesi
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio cf. priscus
Meek and Hayden 1856
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| recombined as Protelliptio (Plesielliptio) priscus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 114.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 59.2° North, 86.7° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Edmontonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Edmonton | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: originally considered basal Paskapoo Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Rutherford |
Metadata
| Database number: | 71487 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-26 11:30:19 | Last modified: | 2009-01-14 10:16:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-26 11:30:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24170. | ETE | L. S. Russell. 1933. The Cretaceous-Tertiary transition of Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 26(4):121-156 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |