Also known as LM
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 34319: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Marsupialia indet. marsupial | |
Reptilia | |
? Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953 sea turtle | |
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere | |
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian | |
Amphibia | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Actinopteri | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
Belonostomus longirostris Lambe 1902 | |
Paralbula casei Estes 1969 | |
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish | |
Osteichthyes | |
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 paddlefish | |
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish | |
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch |