Also known as BC
Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 56.3° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• from a channel lag within the 8-16 m thick Lethbridge coal zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; shelly/skeletal mudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: D. A. Eberth and D. B. Brinkman. 1997. Paleoecology of an estuarine, incised-valley fill in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Judith River Group, Upper Cretaceous) of southern Alberta, Canada. Palaios 12:43-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34305: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch | |
"Squatirhina americana" = Restesia americana
"Squatirhina americana" = Restesia americana Estes 1964 wobbegong | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish | |
Actinopteri | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
Teleostei "indet. R", Teleostei "indet. S", Teleostei "indet. A", Teleostei "indet. D", Teleostei "indet. G", Teleostei "indet. L", Teleostei "indet. N", Teleostei "indet. F", Teleostei "indet. Q", Teleostei "indet. C"
Teleostei "indet. R" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. S" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. A" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. D" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. G" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. L" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. N" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. F" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. Q" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. C" Müller 1846 | |
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish | |
Paralbula casei Estes 1969 | |
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992 | |
Belonostomus longirostris Lambe 1902 | |
Reptilia | |
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian | |
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Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran | |
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian | |
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953 sea turtle | |
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
Mammalia | |
Marsupialia indet. marsupial | |
Amphibia | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon | |
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 paddlefish |