New Campsite Locality, RTMP BB 100 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as microvertebrate, DPP, Bonebed 100, RTMP L0406

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.8° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 76.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oldman Formation (Belly River Group), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Microvertebrate sites of Brinkman (1990) are "...placed in stratigraphic sequence by reference to a disconformity located about sixty meters below the base of the Lethbridge Coal (Eberth, 1990). The stratigraphic position of each site is expressed in terms of meteres above or below the disconformity (Fig. 2, Brinkman, 1990)" where positive numbers are above and negative below.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; fine, carbonaceous sandstone

• Splay deposits typically comprise stacked sequences of interlaminated sands and siltstones separated by erosional surfaces, thus indicating repeated flooding and aggradation.
• BB 100 occurs in what appears to be a lateral "wing" of a 2.75 m thick sandstone body. Microfossils are concentrated in a 45 cm thick bed of poorly-sorted, contorted, very fine-to-fine-grained sandstone. Carbonaceous fragments are abundant.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. Walper; reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

• Screenwashed elements were collected using a screen with 9 openings per centimeter. Described as having been collected "long ago" by Currie 2005

Primary reference: D. B. Brinkman. 1990. Paleontology of the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Dinosaur National Park, Alberta, Canada: evidence from vertebrate microfossil locality. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78:37-54 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47794: authorized by Robin Whatley, entered by Robin Whatley on 01.03.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano, Philip Mannion and John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
  -
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Hensonbatrachus kermiti5 Gardner and Brinkman 2015 frog
TMP 1986.159.65 (maxilla)
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton galaktion4 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Albanerpeton gracilis4 Gardner 2000 tetrapod
Albanerpeton nexuosus4 Estes 1981 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet.2 Sternberg 1945 ornithischian
 Ornithischia -
cf. Thescelosaurus neglectus Gilmore 1913 ornithopod
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda -
Paronychodon sp.2 Cope 1876 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon sp.2 Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
Dromaeosaurus sp.2 Matthew and Brown 1922 maniraptoran
Richardoestesia sp.2 Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
Aves
  -
? Aves indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907 crocodilian
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere
 Squamata -
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychinae indet.1 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.2 Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha -
Eutheria indet.2 eutherian
Metatheria indet.2 Huxley 1880 metatherian
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 sturgeon
 Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 paddlefish
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969 bonefish
 Salmoniformes -
Esocoidea indet. Bleeker 1859
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Kindleia sp." = Cyclurus
"Kindleia sp." = Cyclurus Agassiz 1839 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1?
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish