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)
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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Pediomyidae indet.1, Pediomys elegans
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 - Herpetotheriidae
"Alphadon jasoni" = Nortedelphys jasoni4
"Alphadon jasoni" = Nortedelphys jasoni4 Storer 1991 marsupial
UALVP 22723-22724
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon vorax
Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889 metatherian
UALVP 22730
 Polydolopimorphia - Glasbiidae
Glasbius twitchelli
Glasbius twitchelli Archibald 1982 metatherian
UALVP 22725
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadon sp.
Alphadon sp. Simpson 1927 metatherian
UALVP 22678-22722
 Theriamorpha -
Eutheria "indet. 1", Eutheria "indet. 2"
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
Gypsonictops cf. illuminatus Lillegraven 1969 eutherian
UALVP 22731-22743
 Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Alostera saskatchewanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Alostera saskatchewanensis n. gen. n. sp. Fox 1989 eutherian
UALVP 22753-22757
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Cimolestes cf. incisus, Cimolestes stirtoni, "Cimolestes cf. propalaeoryctes" = Scollardius propalaeoryctes
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
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma formosa, Mesodma cf. thompsoni
Mesodma formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UALVP 22653-22662
Mesodma cf. thompsoni Clemens 1964 multituberculate
UALVP 22663-22666
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
? Cimolodon sp., Cimolodon nitidus
? Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UALVP 22670-22672
Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UALVP 22667-22669
 Multituberculata -
Paracimexomys priscus
Paracimexomys priscus Lillegraven 1969 multituberculate
UALVP 22676-22677
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus robustus, Essonodon sp.
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UALVP 22673-22674
Essonodon sp. Simpson 1927 multituberculate
UALVP 22675
Reptilia
 Squamata - Globauridae
? Contogenys sp.
? Contogenys sp. Estes 1969 squamates
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops denticulatus, Chamops segnis, Meniscognathus altmani2, Haptosphenus placodon2
Leptochamops denticulatus Gilmore 1928 squamates
Chamops segnis Marsh 1892 squamates
Partial maxilla (UALVP 29728) and three partial dentaries (UALVP 29728, 29811-29812)
Meniscognathus altmani2 Estes 1964 squamates
UALVP 29833 (partial maxilla)
Haptosphenus placodon2 Estes 1964 squamates
UALVP 29771, 29870 (partial mandible)
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet., Coniophis sp., Paraderma bogerti2
Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892 snake
Paraderma bogerti2 Estes 1964 squamates
UALVP 29846 (dentary), 33387 (dorsal vertebra)
 Squamata - Anguidae
Odaxosaurus piger2
Odaxosaurus piger2 Gilmore 1928 squamates
 Squamata -
Parasaniwa wyomingensis
Parasaniwa wyomingensis Gilmore 1928 squamates
UALVP 33347 (premaxilla), 33348 (maxilla), 33349 (dentary), 33350 (dorsal vertebra)
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet.
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Ornithischia -
Ankylosauria indet.
 Theropoda -
Coelurosauria indet.
Aves
  -
? Aves indet.
? Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Avetheropoda -
Carnosauria indet.
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp.
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.3
Albanerpetontidae indet.3 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
 Salientia -
Anura indet.
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossidae indet.
Discoglossidae indet. Günther 1859 painted frog
 Salientia -
Scotiophryne pustulosa
Scotiophryne pustulosa Estes 1969 frog
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Prodesmodon copei Estes 1964 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Urodela indet., Scapherpeton tectum, Habrosaurus dilatus
Urodela indet. salamander
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928 siren
UALVP 43921-43926 (premxillae), 43927 (maxilla), 43930-43933 (dentaries), 43928-43929 (vomers) and 43934 (atlas)
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
? Platacodon nanus
? Platacodon nanus Marsh 1889
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion selachos
Lonchidion selachos Estes 1964 elasmobranch
1Alroy 2007; 2Gao and Fox 1996; 3Gardner 2000; 4Storer 1991