Also known as CN-2
Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 56.3° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Oldman Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• 4.5 m above the uppermost sandstone sheet of the middle unit
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; brown, argillaceous, silty sandstone
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 45892: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.12.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992 | |
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish | |
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Reptilia | |
cf. Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928 squamates
Varanoidea indet. Gray 1827 squamates | |
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964 squamates | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle | |
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle | |
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Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876 maniraptoran | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran | |
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856 maniraptoran | |
Aublysodon sp. Leidy 1868 tyrannosaurid | |
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid | |
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid | |
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid | |
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere | |
Mammalia | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae Gray 1857 clam |