Also known as CP
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
Collected in 1997–1998; reposited in the TMP
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 34307: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon | |
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 paddlefish | |
Reptilia | |
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian | |
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid | |
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian | |
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere | |
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle | |
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle | |
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
Mammalia | |
Marsupialia indet. marsupial | |
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate | |
Amphibia | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Actinopteri | |
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
Belonostomus longirostris Lambe 1902 | |
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish | |
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992 | |
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 |