New Eggshell Site, RTMP BB 98: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by D. Brinkman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Sphaeriidae indet.
Deshayes 1855
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Johnston and Hendy 2005 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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34 elements | |||||||||
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes informal indet. A
Huxley 1880
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Brinkman 1990 | 124 elements | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Brinkman 1990 | 130 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Brinkman 1990 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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64 specimens | |||||||||
Anura informal Gen. et sp. nov. 3
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani n. gen., n. sp.
Gardner 2015
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Gardner 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMP 1985.066.0035 - holotype (incomplete right maxilla) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brinkman 1990 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
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Metatheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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Brinkman 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretes sp.
Hay 1904
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Brinkman 1990 | 15 specimens | ||||||||
= Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Leidyosuchus canadensis
Lambe 1907
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Brinkman 1990 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Elongatoolithidae
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Continuoolithus canadensis
Zelenitsky et al. 1996
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Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Saurornitholestes langstoni
Sues 1978
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Brinkman 1990 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Prismatoolithidae
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Prismatoolithus sp.
Zhao and Li 1993
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Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RTMP 2004.31.4 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Brinkman 1990 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Brinkman 1990 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Brinkman 1990 | 106 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Champsosaurus natator
Parks 1933
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Brinkman 1990 | 24 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Brinkman 1990 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. D
Müller 1846
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Brinkman 1990 | 25 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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63 elements | |||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. A
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 1 element | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. N
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 2 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. L
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 3 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. E
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 1 element | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Salmoniformes
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Esocoidea indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Brinkman 1990 | 6 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Estesesox foxi
Wilson et al. 1992
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Wilson et al. 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Coriops amnicolus
Estes 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 21 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 10 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia sp.
Jordan 1927
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Brinkman 1990 | 28 elements | ||||||||
synonym of Cyclurus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Brinkman 1990 | 3 elements | ||||||||
may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1? | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 76.0° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 663 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Geological group: | Belly River | Formation: | Dinosaur Park | ||
Local section: | DPP-Brinkman | Local bed: | 1.0 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Regional section: | Dinosaur Park | Regional bed: | 0.0 m | ||
Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Microvertebrate sites of Brinkman (1990) are "...placed in stratigraphic sequence by reference to a disconformity located about sixty meters below the base of the Lethbridge Coal (Eberth, 1990). The stratigraphic position of each site is expressed in terms of meteres above or below the disconformity (Fig. 2, Brinkman, 1990)" where positive numbers are above and negative below. DPP-Brinkman section measurement = 1.0 m |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | planar lamination,fine,medium silty sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | lenticular carbonaceous mudstone |
Lithology description: BB 98 occurs within a laterally extensive (>100 m) 1.5-2.5 m thick, horizontally laminated, fine-to-medium-grained sandstone lithosome. Fossils were collected from a 50 cm thick unit of contorted, silty, fine-to-medium-grained sandstone with small lenses of mudstone as well as carbonaceous laminae. Microfossils have een collected exclusively from this lower unit. | |
Environment: | crevasse splay |
Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Geology comments: Splay deposits typically comprise stacked sequences of interlaminated sands and siltstones separated by erosional surfaces, thus indicating repeated flooding and aggradation. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Size sorting: | well |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),field collection | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 64.000 | Maximum sieve size: | 81.000 |
Rock censused: | 170 | ||
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
Collectors: | D. Brinkman | ||
Collection method comments: Weight % fossil content 0.0545 kg fossil weight, fossil/sample = 0.03% (Table 3, Eberth 1990). Screenwashed elements were collected using a screen with 9 openings per centimeter. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:"many invertebrate shells" |
Metadata
Also known as: | microvertebrate, NESS, DPP, Bonebed 98 | ||
Database number: | 47793 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Whatley, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, J. Alroy | Enterer: | R. Whatley, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-01 15:34:47 | Last modified: | 2021-09-22 16:08:46 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-01 15:34:47 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16643. | ETE | D. B. Brinkman. 1986. Microvertebrate sites: progress and prospectus. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta 24-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
5929 | ETE 1710 | D. B. Brinkman. 1990. Paleontology of the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Dinosaur National Park, Alberta, Canada: evidence from vertebrate microfossil locality. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78:37-54 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano] |
19348 | ETE | D. B. Brinkman, M. J. Ryan, and D. A. Eberth. 1998. The paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution of ceratopsids (Ornithischia) in the Upper Judith River Group of western Canada. Palaios 13:160-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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] |
5930 | ETE 1711 | D. A. Eberth. 1990. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of vertebrate microfossil sites in the uppermost Judith River Formation (Campanian), Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78:1-36 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
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] | |
9017 | D. A. Eberth and D. B. Brinkman. 1997. Paleoecology of an estuarine, incised-valley fill in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Judith River Group, Upper Cretaceous) of southern Alberta, Canada. Palaios 12:43-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
56016 | J. D. Gardner. 2015. An edentulous frog (Lissamphibia; Anura) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation of southeastern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52:569-580 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/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] | |
16975 | ETE | P. A. Johnston and A. J. W. Hendy. 2005. Paleoecology of mollusks from the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Group. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 139-166 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
54476 | D. H. Tanke and M. K. Brett-Surman. 2001. Evidence of hatchling and nestling-size hadrosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from Dinosaur Provincial Park (Dinosaur Park Formation: Campanian), Alberta. In D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (ed.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 206-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
45321 | M. V. H. Wilson, D. B. Brinkman, and A. G. Neuman. 1992. Cretaceous Esocoidei (Teleostei): early radiation of the pikes in North American fresh waters. Journal of Paleontology 66(5):839-846 [M. Bell/M. Bell] | |
18893 | ETE | D. K. Zelenitsky and W. J. Sloboda. 2005. Eggshells. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 398-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |