Old Road Site, RTMP L1138 (Cretaceous to of Canada)

Also known as ORS

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), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• 7 m below base of upper unit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; lenticular, argillaceous, silty sandstone and argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• "a muddy, carbonaceous, clayey, silty sandstone body. The host lithosome is 1.5 m thick, and fines upward into a muddy, sandy, carbonaceous 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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 45894: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.12.2004, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae
"Pisidiidae indet." = Pisidiinae Gray 1857 clam
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
Amphibia
 Salientia -
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
Mammalia
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.2 Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha -
Theria indet.2 Parker and Haswell 1897 mammal
 Theriamorpha - Marsupialia
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Squamata -
Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928 squamates
Varanoidea indet. Gray 1827 squamates
Colpodontosaurus cf. cracens Estes 1964 squamates
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964 squamates
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890 ankylosaur
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922 maniraptoran
 Theropoda -
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876 maniraptoran
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis
"Atractosteus occidentalis" = Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar
 Teleostei -
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae