Dinosaur Park Site (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as DP

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; fine-grained, pebbly sandstone

• "pebbly basal lag (20 cm thick) in a 4-7 m thick, fine-grained, paleochannel sandstone"

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 34309: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon
 Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 paddlefish
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid
 Ornithischia -
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
 Crocodylia -
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
TMP 1999.63.2
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. squamates
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Marsupialia
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate
Amphibia
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
 Salientia -
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
 Teleostei -
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish