Suffield Pumping Station Site, RTMP L1123: Middle Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A
229 elements
Holostei informal indet. B
45 elements
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
5 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
204 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D
6 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
46 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
16 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
136 elements
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
3 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
29 elements
unclassified
Pisiidae indet.
Reptilia
Colpodontosaurus cf. cracens Estes 1964
3 specimens
Reptilia - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837
3 specimens
Reptilia - Anguidae
cf. Odaxosaurus piger (Gilmore 1928)
1 specimen
Reptilia
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
50 specimens
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
1 specimen
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
2 specimens
Reptilia
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876
2 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
152 specimens
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
2 specimens
Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945
2 specimens
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
2 specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
33 specimens
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Alligatorinae indet. Cuvier 1807
5 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
4 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
18 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 2004 29 specimens
Mammalia
Theria indet. Parker and Haswell 1897
Brinkman et al. 2004 9 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
8 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
199 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
202 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
24 specimens
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae indet. Bonaparte 1831
14 elements
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium missouriense Case 1979
5 elements
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
235 elements
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Storer and Johnson 1974
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"carbonaceous plant debris"
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 50.1° North, 111.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:57.4° North, 76.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7
Key time interval: Middle Campanian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Foremost
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation; immediately below Taber Coal
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine silty,carbonaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "fine-grained, silty sandstone"
Environment:fine channel fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Size sorting:well
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Metadata
Also known as:SPS
Database number:45560
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Uhen, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-09 14:08:31 Last modified:2023-07-14 14:08:41
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-09 14:08:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11964.ETE J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
11931ETE D. B. Brinkman, A. P. Russell, D. A. Eberth and J. Peng. 2004. Vertebrate palaeocommunities of the lower Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, as interpreted from vertebrate microfossil assemblages. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 213:295-313 [M. Carrano/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]
64015 J. D. Gardner, C. M. Redman, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. The hopping dead: Late Cretaceous frogs from the middle-late Campanian (Judithian) of western North America. Fossil Imprint 72(1-2):78-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
30788 J. E. Storer and H. Johnson. 1974. Ischyrhiza (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Foremost Formation (Campanian) of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 11:712-715 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]