RTMP BB 47: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by L. J. Strong, W. Sloboda, S. Currie 1985–1992

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
    = Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811
Mannion 2017
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Chasmosaurus sp. Lambe 1914
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Godfrey and Currie 2004 1 specimen
RTMP 1992.36.333
Reptilia - Caenagnathidae
Caenagnathus sp. Sternberg 1940
Currie et al. 1994 1 specimen
RTMP 1992.36.53
Caenagnathus cf. sternbergi Cracraft 1971
Currie et al. 1994 1 specimen
RTMP 1992.36.390
    = Leptorhynchos elegans Parks 1933
Longrich et al. 2013
    = cf. Citipes elegans Parks 1933
Funston 2020
cf. Citipes elegans (Parks 1933)
Funston 2020 1 specimen
RTMP 1992.036.0674
Leptorhynchos elegans (Parks 1933)
Funston et al. 2016 1 specimen
recombined as Citipes elegans
TMP 1996.012.0141, left tarsometatarsus
Chirostenotes pergracilis Gilmore 1924
Funston 2020 1 specimen
RTMP 1992.036.1237
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890
Longrich 2008 1 specimen
RTMP 1992.36.117
see common names

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:689 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian - 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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel; ETE env comment: hydrau. rewrking
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:-bonebed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Size sorting:well
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Collection size:400 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Collectors:L. J. Strong, W. Sloboda, S. Currie Collection dates:1985–1992
Collection method comments: ETE reference list: 478
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1530, Bonebed 47
Database number:22656
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, M. Carrano, P. Mannion, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:taphonomy,vertebrate
Created:2001-04-16 01:00:00 Last modified:2023-10-26 15:36:25
Access level:the public Released:2001-04-16 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5923.ETE 1704A. K. Behrensmeyer. 1994. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/S. Holland]

Secondary references:

16964ETE 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]
9243 P. J. Currie, S. J. Godfrey, and L. Nessov. 1994. New caenagnathid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2255-2272 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77956 P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus. 2015. The significance of the theropod collections of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology to our understanding of Late Cretaceous theropod diversity. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):620-629 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
73939 G. F. Funston. 2020. Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: anatomy, osteohistology, taxonomy, and evolution. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 8:105-153 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
86180 G. F. Funston, P. J. Currie, and M. E. Burns. 2016. New elmisaurine specimens from North America and their relationship to the Mongolian Elmisaurus rarus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(1):159-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31859ETE S. J. Godfrey and P. J. Currie. 2004. A theropod (Dromaeosauridae, Dinosauria) sternal plate from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. In P. J. Currie, E. B. Koppelhus, M. A. Shugar, J. L. Wright (eds.), Feathered Dragons. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 144-149 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
33966ETE N. Longrich. 2008. A new, large ornithomimid from the Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada: implications for the study of dissociated dinosaur remains. Palaeontology 51(4):983-997 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46506 N. R. Longrich, K. Barnes, S. Clark and L. Millar. 2013. Caenagnathidae from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation of west Texas, and a revision of the Caenagnathinae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(1):23-49 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
63504 P. D. Mannion. 2017. Personal opinions. [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
79485 M. M. Rhodes, G. F. Funston, and P. J. Currie. 2020. New material reveals the pelvic morphology of Caenagnathidae (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria). Cretaceous Research 114:104521:1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
16613ETE D. J. Varricchio. 2001. Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur (Theropoda) dinosaurs from Montana. D. H. Tanke and K. Carpenter (eds.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 42-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]