Wendy's Site, RTMP L1127 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as WS, Pinhorn Ranch

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 56.4° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Oldman Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• lower unit of formation; about 10 m above Taber Coal Zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; tabular, argillaceous, silty sandstone and ferruginous siltstone

• "tabular, flat-bedded, carbonaceous, clayey, silty sandstone. The host lithosome is about 75 cm thick, and fines upward into siltstone, featuring contorted structure and local iron staining."

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. D. Gardner. 2000. Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of North America. Geodiversitas 22(3):349-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45566: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2004, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Plantae indet.4 Haeckel 1866
"carbonaceous plant debris"
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.4 Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae4
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae4 Gray 1857 clam
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet.4 Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus4 Cope 1876 guitarfish
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium missouriense4 Case 1979 carpet shark
Amphibia
 Salientia -
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi4 Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum4 Cope 1876 salamander
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton nexuosus Estes 1981 tetrapod
RTMP 96.78.152
Albanerpeton galaktion Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
RTMP 96.78.186
Albanerpeton gracilis Gardner 2000 tetrapod
RTMP 96.78.187-96.78.197
Mammalia
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.2 Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus major2 Russell 1936 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha -
Eutheria indet.2 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Pediomyidae indet.1 Simpson 1927 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Turgidodon russelli2 Fox 1979 metatherian
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet.4 Cope 1882 turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet.4 Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp.4 Cope 1868 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.4 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp.4 Hay 1902 turtle
 Squamata -
cf. Palaeosaniwa canadensis4 Gilmore 1928 squamates
Colpodontosaurus cf. cracens4 Estes 1964 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
cf. Odaxosaurus piger4 Gilmore 1928 squamates
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp.4 Estes 1964 squamates
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
 Ornithischia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet.4 Sternberg 1945 ornithischian
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet.4 Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.4 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia cf. gilmorei3 Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
TMP 1987.080.0035
Richardoestesia isosceles3 Sankey 2001 maniraptoran
TMP 1989.103.0025
Saurornitholestes langstoni4 Sues 1978 maniraptoran
 Theropoda -
Paronychodon lacustris4 Cope 1876 maniraptoran
Aves
  -
Aves indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet.4 Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp.4 Cope 1876 choristodere
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis4
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis4 Leidy 1856 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet.4 Huxley 1861 bowfin
 Teleostei -
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi4 Wilson et al. 1992
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei4 Estes 1969
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae