Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-8): Late Santonian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
Brinkman et al. 2017 2 specimens
"type O"
Brinkman et al. 2017 12 specimens
"type U-4"
Brinkman et al. 2017 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes
Brinkman et al. 2017 12 specimens
Actinopteri - Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae
Hiodontidae indet. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1846
Brinkman et al. 2017 2 specimens
Actinopteri
Acanthomorpha indet. (Rosen 1973)
Brinkman et al. 2017 4 specimens
Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes
Brinkman et al. 2017 1 specimen
Actinopteri
Brinkman et al. 2017 8 specimens
"Type U-3/BvD"
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Brinkman et al. 2017 7 specimens
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Brinkman et al. 2017 1 specimen
Amiinae indet. Bonaparte 1837
Brinkman et al. 2017 5 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Brinkman et al. 2017 6 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Gardner 2000 1 specimen
Gardner 2000 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
"A"
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Fox 1971
Mammalia - Aquiladelphidae
Fox 1971
Fox 1971
Mammalia - Stagodontidae
Fox 1971
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Brinkman et al. 2017 4 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Brinkman et al. 2017 7 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 111.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:57.8° North, 67.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Campanian
Key time interval: Late Santonian
Age range of interval: 85.7 - 83.6 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Milk River Member:Deadhorse Coulee
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:UALVP MR-8
Database number:14426
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
1510. R. C. Fox. 1971. Early Campanian multituberculates (Mammalia: Allotheria) from the upper Milk River Formation, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:916-938 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
64013 D. B. Brinkman, A. G. Neuman, and J. D. Divay. 2017. Non-marine fishes of the late Santonian Milk River Formation of Alberta, Canada – evidence from vertebrate microfossil localities. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Paleontology 3:7-46 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
1511 R. C. Fox. 1971. Marsupial mammals from the early Campanian Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):145-164 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
42675 J. D. Gardner. 2000. Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of North America. Geodiversitas 22(3):349-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]