Wounded Knee (WK) (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as UALVP

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.3° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 56.3° N, 80.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Frenchman Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• 25 m below the Ferris (= No. 1) coal seam

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; poorly lithified, gray, green sandstone

• "...a poorly cemented sandstone having the dark grayish-green color..."

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by P. Johnston & R. Fox in 1979

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 1989. The Wounded Knee local fauna and mammalian evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 208(1-3):11-59 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14655: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Roger Benson, Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 25 m below K-T boundary (Ferris Coal)
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion selachos Estes 1964 elasmobranch
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
Gnathostomata
  -
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Scotiophryne pustulosa Estes 1969 frog
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossidae indet. Günther 1859 painted frog
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Prodesmodon copei Estes 1964 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Urodela indet. salamander
Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928 siren
UALVP 43921-43926 (premxillae), 43927 (maxilla), 43930-43933 (dentaries), 43928-43929 (vomers) and 43934 (atlas)
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.3 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Essonodon sp. Simpson 1927 multituberculate
UALVP 22675
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UALVP 22673-22674
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
? Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UALVP 22670-22672
Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UALVP 22667-22669
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma cf. thompsoni Clemens 1964 multituberculate
UALVP 22663-22666
Mesodma formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UALVP 22653-22662
 Multituberculata -
Paracimexomys priscus Lillegraven 1969 multituberculate
UALVP 22676-22677
 Theriamorpha -
Eutheria "indet. 1" eutherian
UALVP 22758; "New genus 1, new species"
Eutheria "indet. 2" eutherian
UALVP 22759; "New genus 2, new species"
 Theriamorpha - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops cf. illuminatus Lillegraven 1969 eutherian
UALVP 22731-22743
 Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Alostera saskatchewanensis n. gen. n. sp. Fox 1989 eutherian
UALVP 22753-22757
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Cimolestes cf. incisus Marsh 1889 eutherian
UALVP 22745-22748
Cimolestes stirtoni Clemens 1973 eutherian
UALVP 22752-22752
"Cimolestes cf. propalaeoryctes" = Scollardius propalaeoryctes Lillegraven 1969 eutherian
UALVP 22749-22750
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Alphadon jasoni" = Nortedelphys jasoni4
"Alphadon jasoni" = Nortedelphys jasoni4 Storer 1991 marsupial
UALVP 22723-22724
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Pediomyidae indet.1 Simpson 1927 metatherian
UALVP 22729; cf ."sp. A" from the Oldman Fm. of Alberta
Pediomys elegans Marsh 1889 metatherian
UALVP 22726-22728
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889 metatherian
UALVP 22730
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadon sp. Simpson 1927 metatherian
UALVP 22678-22722
 Polydolopimorphia - Glasbiidae
Glasbius twitchelli Archibald 1982 metatherian
UALVP 22725
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata -
Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892 snake
Paraderma bogerti2 Estes 1964 squamates
UALVP 29846 (dentary), 33387 (dorsal vertebra)
Parasaniwa wyomingensis Gilmore 1928 squamates
UALVP 33347 (premaxilla), 33348 (maxilla), 33349 (dentary), 33350 (dorsal vertebra)
 Squamata - Anguidae
Odaxosaurus piger2 Gilmore 1928 squamates
 Squamata - Globauridae
? Contogenys sp. Estes 1969 squamates
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Meniscognathus altmani2 Estes 1964 squamates
UALVP 29833 (partial maxilla)
Haptosphenus placodon2 Estes 1964 squamates
UALVP 29771, 29870 (partial mandible)
Leptochamops denticulatus Gilmore 1928 squamates
Chamops segnis Marsh 1892 squamates
Partial maxilla (UALVP 29728) and three partial dentaries (UALVP 29728, 29811-29812)
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Ornithischia -
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda -
Aves
  -
? Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Avetheropoda -
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
? Platacodon nanus Marsh 1889
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae