RTMP BB 96: Late Campanian, Canada
collected by K. Aulenback 1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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| 2 elements | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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| 4 elements | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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| 215 elements | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Atractosteus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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8 elements | |||||||||
| Brinkman et al. 2005 | ||||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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| 13 elements | ||||||||||
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= Acipenseridae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Brinkman et al. 2005 | |||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
- Polyodontidae
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Polyodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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1 element | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Plioplatecarpus sp.
Dollo 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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= Crocodylia indet.
Owen 1842
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Brinkman et al. 2005 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Trinacromerum sp.
Cragin 1888
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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Brinkman et al. 2005 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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| 49 elements | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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| 2 elements | ||||||||||
| 1 element | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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| 4 elements | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Archaeolamnidae
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Archaeolamna kopingensis
(Davis 1890)
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46 elements | |||||||||
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| A. japonensis judithensis | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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| 1 element | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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| 79 elements | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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| 496 elements | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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12 elements | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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| 5 elements | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 111.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 60.9° North, 65.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 690 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Campanian - Campanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Belly River | Formation: | Dinosaur Park | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: . radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: . | |
| Environment: | channel lag |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: chan_bar ETE event: ., ETE env comment: . | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 1018 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
| Collectors: | K. Aulenback | Collection dates: | 16 June 1990 |
| Collection method comments: ETE reference list: 478 | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1514, Bonebed 96 | ||
| Database number: | 22640 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Carrano | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-03-27 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-03-27 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5723. | ETE 1479 | N. R. Beavan and A. P. Russell. 1999. An elasmobranch assemblage from the terrestrial-marine transitional Lethbridge Coal Zone (Dinosaur Park Formation: Upper Campanian), Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 73(3):494-503 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 18895 | ETE | D. B. Brinkman, D. R. Braman, A. G. Neuman, P. E. Ralrick, and T. Sato. 2005. A vertebrate assemblage from the marine shales of the Lethbridge Coal Zone. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 486-500 [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] |
| 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] |