Manyberries [Bearpaw Fm]: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by Russell & Landes 1934-1936

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Volsella dichotoma Whiteaves 1885
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon centrale Meek 1871
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Cinulia concinna
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices obliquata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura americana
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
Vanikoropsis sp. Meek 1876
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites crickmayi Williams 1930
Baculites ovatus (Say 1820)
Baculites compressus Say 1920
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Acanthoscaphites quadrangularis
Acanthoscaphites plenus (Meek and Hayden 1861)
Rhaeboceras subglobosus (Whiteaves 1885)
recombined as Rhaeboceras subglobosum
Rhaeboceras whiteavesi Russell and Landes 1937
Rhaeboceras albertensis (Warren 1930)
recombined as Rhaeboceras albertense
Acanthoscaphites nodosus (Owen 1852)
recombined as Hoploscaphites nodosus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras meeki
Placenticeras intercalare
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Actinosepiidae
Actinosepia canadensis Whiteaves 1897
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen albertensis Russell and Landes 1937
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia gracilis
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha montanensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870
Arctica ovata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra warrenana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosiniopsis deweyi
Dosiniopsis robusta
Dosiniopsis pellucida
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia borealis
Protocardia subquadrata (Evans and Shumard 1857)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus moreauensis (Meerk and Hayden 1861)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina occidentalis
Lucina subundata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis parvula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon canadensis Russell and Landes 1937
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sagensis
Inoceramus barabini
Inoceramus vanuxemi
Inoceramus proximus
Inoceramus subcircularis
Inoceramus tenuilineatus Hall and Meek 1855
recombined as Inoceramus (Cataceramus) tenuilineatus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea patina
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria linguiformis
Pteria notukeuensis Warren 1934
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia borealis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten nebrascensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema hallii
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella attenuata (Meek and Hayden 1857)
Volsella galpiniana (Evans and Shumard 1854)
Volsella wrighti (Warren 1934)
Volsella anomala Russell and Landes 1937
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula planimarginata Meek and Hayden 1857
Nucula cancellata Meek and Hayden 1857
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia scitula
Yoldia evansi (Meek and Hayden 1857)
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium gracile
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.4° North, 110.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.5° North, 75.7° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Formation:Bearpaw
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bearpaw [Shale] Formation, which overlies the Late Campanian Oldman Formation (brackish to non-marine), andis overlain by the Eastend Fm (Maastrichtian). AGE: Late Campanian on the basis of ammonite (and other groups) biostratigraphy; Baculites compressus biozone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray poorly lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology:concretionary lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Dark grey shale, with occasional concretions. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified shales, but with fossiliferous lithified concretions.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Offshore siliciclastic marine setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Collectors:Russell & Landes Collection dates:1934-1936
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: L.S. Russell and R. W. Landes. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, scaphopoda, and cephalopoda.
Metadata
Database number:82638
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-30 17:34:07 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-30 17:34:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27815. L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]