RTMP BB 42, Styracosaurus bonebed: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by D. Taylor, D. Russell 1966-1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Grewipollenites canadensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Alisporites bilateralis
Rouse 1959
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Cedripites cretaceus
Pocock 1962
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Cycadopites nitidus
de Jersey 1964
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Ginkgoopsida
- Caytoniales
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Vitreisporites pallidus
Nilsson 1958
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Ginkgoopsida
- Ephedrales
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Equisetosporites multicostatus
Norris 1967
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Magnoliopsida
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Senipites drumhellerensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Liliaceae
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Liliacidites morrinensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Liliacidites sp.
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
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Triatriopollenites costatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Beaupreaidites occulatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Triporopollenites rugatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Gunnerales
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Tricolpites parvistriatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Tricolpites sagax
Norris 1967
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Coniferales
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Taxodiaceaepollenites hiatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Podocarpidites granulatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Podocarpidites sp.
Cookson 1947
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Parvisaccites radiatus
Couper 1958
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Taurocusporites segmentatus
Stover 1962
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Marchantiopsida
- Sphaerocarpales
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Aequitriradites ornatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Hepaticae
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Zlivisporis novamexicanum
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Bryopsida
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Stereisporites antiquasporites
Dettmann 1963
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Lycopodiopsida
- Selaginellales
- Selaginellaceae
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Heliosporites kemensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Lycopodiopsida
- Lycopodiales
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Retitriletes sp.
Pierce 1961
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Pteridopsida
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Osmundacidites weilmanii
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Cyathidites australis
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Cyathidites minor
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Blechnaceae
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Leptolepidites verrucatus
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniaceae
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Gleicheniidites senonicus
Ross 1949
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Undulatisporites sp.
Pflug 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Undulatisporites undulapolus
Brenner 1963
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Laevigatosporites ovatus
Wilson and Webster 1946
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Equisetopsida
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Foraminisporis wonthaggensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Retitricolpites vulgaris
Pierce 1961
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites attenuatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites calvus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites tripodiformis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites turbidus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites sp.
Rouse 1957
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Aquilapollenites quadrilobus
Rouse 1957
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Cranwellia striata
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Penetetrapites mollis
Hedlund and Norris 1968
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Sigmopollis hispidus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Styracosaurus sp.
Lambe 1913
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10 individuals | |||||||||
| about 40% of specimens | ||||||||||
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= Styracosaurus albertensis
Lambe 1913
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Eberth and Getty 2005 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Trudopollis meekeri
Newman 1965
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.0° North, 76.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 664 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| *Period: | Jurassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Tithonian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Belly River | Formation: | Dinosaur Park | ||
| Local section: | Dinosaur Park | Local bed: | 32 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: stratigraphic position estimated from Fig. 4 in ref 26153 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,intraclastic,gray argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "bones and associated intraformational mudstone clasts in a fine sandstone matrix that formed a thin centimeter-scale bed within a meter-scale set of IHS." | |
| Environment: | channel lag |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: chan_bar ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: 0; "a lateral-accretion deposit on a point-bar in a meandering stream" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
| Degree of concentration: | -single event |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Size sorting: | poor |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Rock censused: | 5500000 cm2 (area) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
| Collectors: | D. Taylor, D. Russell | Collection dates: | 1966-1998 |
| Collection method comments: ETE reference list: 478 | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1529, Bonebed 42, 0172/1 | ||
| Database number: | 22655 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Carrano | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | taphonomy,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-04-16 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2021-10-05 14:25:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-04-16 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18556. | ETE | P. J. Currie. 1980. Mesozoic vertebrate life in Alberta and British Columbia. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life 1:27-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 18553 | ETE | P. J. Currie and P. Dodson. 1984. Mass death of a herd of ceratopsian dinosaurs. In W.-E. Reif & F. Westphal (eds.), Third Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Short Papers. Attempto Verlag, Tübingen 61-66 [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] | |
| 18896 | ETE | D. A. Eberth and M. A. Getty. 2005. Ceratopsian bonebeds: occurrence, origins, and significance. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 501-536 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78296 | R. B. Holmes, M. J. Ryan, and A. M. Murray. 2006. Photographic atlas of the postcranial skeleton of the type specimen of Styracosaurus albertensis with additional isolated cranial elements from Alberta. Syllogeus 75:1-75 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 71202 | D. M. Jarzen. 1982. Palynology of Dinosaur Provincial Park (Campanian) Alberta. Syllogeus 38:1-69 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 26153 | ETE | M. J. Ryan, R. Holmes, and A. P. Russell. 2007. A revision of the late Campanian centrosaurine ceratopsid genus Styracosaurus from the Western Interior of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):944-962 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 63043 | J. Visser and R. G. Thomas. 1986. Sedimentology and taphonomy of a Styracosaurus bonebed in the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. In P. Robinson (ed.), Fourth North American Paleontological Convention, Abstracts with Programs A47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 5721 | ETE 1477 | J. M. Wood, R.G. Thomas, and J. Visser. 1988. Fluvial processes and vertebrate taphonomy: the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation, south-central Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 66:127-143 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |