TMP NL-1: Early Maastrichtian, Canada
collected by Brinkman 2003
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
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Elopiformes indet.
Sauvage 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.25 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Coriops sp.
Estes 1969
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.7 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
- Sorbinichthyidae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.3, 2009.137.8 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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| 5 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.9 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Acanthomorpha indet.
(Rosen 1973)
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74 specimens | |||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.4-6, 10-13 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.27 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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| 437 specimens | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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| 34 specimens | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 11 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.18-19 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Thescelosauridae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.17 (=TMP 2009.137.0017) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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| 58 specimens | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| TMP 2003.15.2 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 14 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.14 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chamopsiidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.16 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Whitebone et al. 2023 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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| 76 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.23-24 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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| 61 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.22 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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| 68 specimens | ||||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.21 | ||||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
- Polyodontidae
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Polyodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| TMP 2009.137.1, 2009.137.2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 112.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.1° North, 67.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Edmonton | Formation: | Horseshoe Canyon | Member: | Tolman |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from Unit 4 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
| Collectors: | Brinkman | Collection dates: | 2003 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | HSC—Nick Longrich Site #1; RTMP L2385 | ||
| Database number: | 135741 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-06 11:02:46 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-06 11:02:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43426. | D. W. Larson, D. B. Brinkman, and P. R. Bell. 2010. Faunal assemblages from the upper Horseshoe Canyon Formation, an early Maastrichtian cool-climate assemblage from Alberta, with special reference to the Albertosaurus sarcophagus bonebed. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1159-1181 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 85876 | H.-D. Sues, D. C. Evans, P. M. Galton and C. M. Brown. 2022. Anatomy of the neornithischian dinosaur Parksosaurus warreni (Parks, 1926) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Maastrichtian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 141:105369 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 89296 | S. A. Whitebone, G. F. Funston, and P. J. Currie. 2023. An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(5):e2316668 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |