Also known as GB1
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, sandy 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 34310: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Reptilia | |
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian | |
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid | |
Aves | |
? Baptornis sp. Marsh 1877 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian | |
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur | |
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
? Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953 sea turtle | |
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle | |
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate | |
Marsupialia indet. marsupial | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon | |
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 paddlefish | |
Actinopteri | |
Teleostei "indet. R", Teleostei "indet. S", Teleostei "indet. A", Teleostei "indet. D", Teleostei "indet. L", Teleostei "indet. N", Teleostei "indet. F", Teleostei "indet. Q"
Teleostei "indet. R" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. S" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. A" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. D" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. L" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. N" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. F" Müller 1846
Teleostei "indet. Q" Müller 1846 | |
Paralbula casei Estes 1969 | |
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish | |
Belonostomus longirostris Lambe 1902 | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish | |
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch |