Where: Alberta, Canada (50.0° N, 110.3° W: paleocoordinates 57.0° N, 75.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Judithian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• originally upper Oldman Fm., now upper part of Dinosaur Park Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 1979. Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation, Alberta. I. Alphadon Simpson (Marsupialia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16:91-102 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14463: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano, Philip Mannion and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anura "indet. 3"8, Anura "indet. 2"8, Anura "indet. 1"8, Anura "Unnamed genus and species I"8, Hensonbatrachus kermiti n. gen. n. sp.6
Anura "Unnamed genus and species I"8 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog UALVP 40192*, 40201*, maxillae; UALVP 40181, 40185*, 40186*, squamosals; UALVP 40180, 40193*–40195*, nasals; UALVP 40182, 40183, 40196*, 40197*, frontoparietals; possibly UALVP 40184, ilium
Hensonbatrachus kermiti n. gen. n. sp.6 Gardner and Brinkman 2015 frog UALVP 40167 - holotype (right maxilla missing posterior and anterior ends of bone); referred material: UALVP 40202–40207, UALVP 40037, 40038, 40052, and 40152 (maxillae); UALVP 40217 (premaxilla); UALVP 40171, 40172, 40211, and 40212 (squamosals); UALVP 40170 (nasal); UALVP 40173 and 40174 (frontoparietals); UALVP 40175, 40213 and 40214 (ilia)
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Urodela indet.7, Habrosaurus prodilatus n. sp.5, Scapherpetontidae "gen. et sp. nov. 1"7, Scapherpetontidae indet.7, Scapherpeton tectum7, Lisserpeton bairdi7
Habrosaurus prodilatus n. sp.5 Gardner 2003 siren UALVP 43906 - type (incomplete premaxilla); referred specimens: UALVP 43902-43905 (premaxillae), 43907-43909 (dentaries) and 40051 (atlantal centrum)
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Mammalia | |
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Paranyctoides sternbergi n. sp.3
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Pediomyidae indet.1, Pediomys cf. elegans2, "Pediomys prokrejcii n. sp." = Leptalestes prokrejcii2, "Pediomys cf. hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri2, "Pediomys clemensi" = Protolambda clemensi2
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"Alphadon russelli n. sp." = Turgidodon russelli
"Alphadon russelli n. sp." = Turgidodon russelli Fox 1979 metatherian | |
Reptilia | |
Gerontoseps irvinensis n. gen. n. sp.4, Sphenosiagon simplex n. gen. n. sp.4, Glyptogenys ornata n. gen. n. sp.4
Gerontoseps irvinensis n. gen. n. sp.4 Gao and Fox 1991 squamates UALVP 29754 (holotype), plus UALVP 29757, 29760-29762, 29765-29766, 29768 (partial dentaries reported by Gao & Fox 1996)
Glyptogenys ornata n. gen. n. sp.4 Gao and Fox 1991 squamates UALVP 29735 (holotype); UALVP 2036, 29756, 29759, 29913, 29767, 29769 (dentaries reported by Gao & Fox 1996)
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Orthrioscincus mixtus n. gen. n. sp.4
Orthrioscincus mixtus n. gen. n. sp.4 Gao and Fox 1996 skink UALVP 29747 (holotype left dentary), 29904 (right dentary)
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? Cordylidae "gen. et sp. indet. A"4 Gray 1837 spinytail lizard UALVP 29810, 29907 (partial dentaries)
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Parasaniwa "n. sp. cf. wyomingensis"4 Gilmore 1928 squamates UALVP 33346, 33366-33369 (maxilla), 33370-33373 (dentaries), 33375-33377 (parietals), 33374 (frontal)
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Odaxosaurus priscus n. sp.4
Odaxosaurus priscus n. sp.4 Gao and Fox 1996 squamates UALVP 29896 (holotype dentary), 29892-5 (maxillae), 29897-29902, 33380 (dentaries)
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Leptochamops thrinax n. gen. n. sp.4 Gao and Fox 1991 squamates UALVP 29749 (holotype dentary), 29748, 29750, 29753 (dentaries)
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
Cteniogenys cf. antiquus4 Gilmore 1928 choristodere UALVP 29808, 29809 (maxillary fragments), 29791, 29793-29795, 29800 (partial dentaries)
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Actinopteri | |
Estesesox foxi12 Wilson et al. 1992 |