Deadhorse Coulee, Locality 5: Late/Upper Santonian, Canada
collected by L. S. Russell 1934
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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cf. Palaeoscincus sp.
Leidy 1856
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ankylosauria | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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cf. Brachyceratops sp.
Gilmore 1914
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| nomen dubium belonging to Centrosaurinae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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cf. Kritosaurus sp.
Brown 1910
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= ? Kritosaurus sp.
Brown 1910
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Lull and Wright 1942 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimidae indet.
Marsh 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| phalanx | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Deinodontidae indet.
(Brown 1914)
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| synonym of Tyrannosauridae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| dentary | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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? Aspideretes sp.
Hay 1904
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Compsemys sp.
Leidy 1856
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus sp.
Cope 1876
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 111.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.3° North, 73.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Milk River | Member: | Deadhorse Coulee | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: about 50 feet above "lower Milk River sandstone" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | L. S. Russell | Collection dates: | 1934 |
| Collection method comments: collection of isolated teeth by L. S. Russell | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Black Coulee | ||
| Database number: | 48834 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-30 17:39:23 | Last modified: | 2015-08-13 10:07:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-30 17:39:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24167. | ETE | L. S. Russell. 1935. Fauna of the upper Milk River Beds, southern Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 4(29):115-128 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 12319 | ETE | R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 46756 | A. Prieto-Marquez. 2013. Skeletal morphology of Kritosaurus navajovius (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of the North American south-west, with an evaluation of the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of Kritosaurini. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] |