Deadhorse Coulee, Locality 8: Late/Upper Santonian, Canada
collected by L. Russell 1934
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Anodonta johnseni n. sp.
Russell 1935
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Rhabdotophorus gracilis n. gen., n. sp.
Russell 1935
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa lactaena n. sp.
Russell 1935
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus conradi
(Meek and Hayden 1857)
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see common names |
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: | small collection |
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: | 85.80000 - 83.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Milk River | Member: | Deadhorse Coulee | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "about 40 feet above Lower Milk River sandstone" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
Collectors: | L. Russell | Collection dates: | 1934 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Black Coulee | ||
Database number: | 71486 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-04-26 11:14:16 | Last modified: | 2015-08-13 10:07:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-26 11:14:16 |
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] |