Bainbridge River Bonebed (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as ETE Locality 1610, Pasquia Hills, RSM 63E09-0003

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (53.5° N, 102.2° W: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 58.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belle Fourche Member (Ashville Formation), Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: . radiometric intage_min; about 3 m above base of section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lenticular mudstone

• ETE sed env 1: coastal, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by RSM-CMN in 1994

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), chemical, acetic,

• ETE reference list: 478, 482, 485, 483, 479, 454

Primary reference: S. L. Cumbaa. 1997. A Cenomanian age bone bed of marine origin, Saskatchewan, Canada. In: Fifty-seventh annual meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of papers, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3 Suppl.):40A. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22731: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.05.2001, edited by Matthew Carrano and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Meristodonoides rajkovichi2 Case 2001 elasmobranch
"Hybodus butleri" = Meristodonoides butleri1 Thurmond 1971 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus sp.1 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Ptychodus rhombodus n. sp.2 Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 elasmobranch
Ptychodus ex gr. decurrens1 Agassiz 1838 elasmobranch
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" cf. incertus2 Cappetta 1973 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Sclerorhynchidae indet.1 Capetta 1974 ray
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectoloboides angulatus n. sp.2 Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 wobbegong
Cretorectolobus robustus n. sp.2 Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 wobbegong
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Eostriatolamia paucicorrugata n. sp.2 Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Aquilolamnidae
Cretomanta canadensis1 Case et al. 1990 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretoxyrhina denticulata2 Glickman 1957 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
"Palaeoanacorax aff. pawpawensis" = Squalicorax pawpawensis2, "Squalicorax volgensis" = Palaeoanacorax volgensis1, Squalicorax curvatus1, Squalicorax curvatus2
"Palaeoanacorax aff. pawpawensis" = Squalicorax pawpawensis2 Siverson et al. 2007 crow shark
"Squalicorax volgensis" = Palaeoanacorax volgensis1 Glickman 1971 crow shark
Squalicorax curvatus1 Williston 1900 crow shark
Squalicorax curvatus2 Williston 1900 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Telodontaspis agassizensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 mackerel shark
Archaeolamna ex gr. kopingensis2 Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae
Roulletia canadensis n. sp.2 Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 mackerel shark
Roulletia canadensis2 Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretalamna sp." = Cretolamna2
"Cretalamna sp." = Cretolamna2 Glikman 1958 mackerel shark
 Chimaeriformes -
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon sp.2 Buckland 1838 chimaera
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata -
Squamata indet.1 squamates
 Squamata - Dolichosauridae
? Coniasaurus crassidens1 Owen 1850 squamates
Aves
 Ichthyornithes -
Ichthyornis sp.1 Marsh 1872 bird
 Ornithurae -
Hesperornithiformes indet. Fürbringer 1888 bird
Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet.1 Cope 1869 elasmosaur
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosauridae indet.1 Seeley 1874 plesiosaur
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Gyrodontidae
"Gyrodus" cretaceus1 Agassiz 1839
 Pycnodontiformes - Mesturidae
Micropycnodon sp.1 Hibbard and Graffham 1945
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet.1 Agassiz 1833
 Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturidae indet.1 Owen 1860 bowfin
 Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Protosphyraena sp.1 Leidy 1857
 Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
 Teleostei -
Salmoniformes indet.1 Bleeker 1859
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp.1 Agassiz 1835
Enchodus cf. shumardi1 Leidy 1856
 Teleostei -
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata1
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata1 Rosen 1973
 Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
 Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae
Plethodidae indet.1 Loomis 1900
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus sp.1 Agassiz 1834