Also known as PHS
Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 56.4° N, 76.4° 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; 35 m above top of Taber Coal Zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; tabular, argillaceous, silty sandstone and ferruginous siltstone
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the TMP
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45670: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.11.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae Gray 1857 clam | |
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenseridae indet. Bonaparte 1831 ray-finned fish | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Mammalia | |
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Reptilia | |
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle | |
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
cf. Paraderma bogerti Estes 1964 squamates
Varanoidea indet. Gray 1827 squamates | |
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837 squamates | |
cf. Odaxosaurus piger Gilmore 1928 squamates | |
Socognathus unicuspis Gao and Fox 1991 squamates | |
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Alligatorinae indet. crocodilian | |
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid | |
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid | |
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid | |
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran | |
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876 maniraptoran | |
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid | |
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere | |
Actinopteri | |
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992 | |
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949 | |
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish |