Wounded Knee (WK): Lancian, Canada
collected by P. Johnston & R. Fox 1979

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Prodesmodon copei Estes 1964
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928
UALVP 43921-43926 (premxillae), 43927 (maxilla), 43930-43933 (dentaries), 43928-43929 (vomers) and 43934 (atlas)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Scotiophryne pustulosa Estes 1969
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossidae indet. Günther 1859
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
3 specimens
    = Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
Gardner 2000
UALVP 40039-40041
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
? Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889
3 specimens
UALVP 22670-22672
Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889
3 specimens
UALVP 22667-22669
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma cf. thompsoni Clemens 1964
4 specimens
UALVP 22663-22666
Mesodma formosa (Marsh 1889)
10 specimens
UALVP 22653-22662
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Paracimexomys priscus (Lillegraven 1969)
2 specimens
UALVP 22676-22677
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Essonodon sp. Simpson 1927
1 specimen
UALVP 22675
Meniscoessus robustus (Marsh 1889)
2 specimens
UALVP 22673-22674
Mammalia
Eutheria informal indet. 1 (Huxley 1880)
1 specimen
UALVP 22758; "New genus 1, new species"
Eutheria informal indet. 2 (Huxley 1880)
1 specimen
UALVP 22759; "New genus 2, new species"
Mammalia - Zhelestidae
Alostera saskatchewanensis n. gen., n. sp. Fox 1989
5 specimens
UALVP 22753-22757
Mammalia - Cimolestidae
Cimolestes stirtoni Clemens 1973
2 specimens
UALVP 22752-22752
Cimolestes cf. incisus Marsh 1889
4 specimens
UALVP 22745-22748
Cimolestes cf. propalaeoryctes Lillegraven 1969
2 specimens
recombined as Scollardius propalaeoryctes
UALVP 22749-22750
Mammalia - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops cf. illuminatus Lillegraven 1969
14 specimens
UALVP 22731-22743
Mammalia - Pediomyidae
"Pediomys" informal sp. A Marsh 1889
1 specimen
UALVP 22729; cf ."sp. A" from the Oldman Fm. of Alberta
    = Pediomyidae indet. Simpson 1927
Alroy 2007
Pediomys elegans Marsh 1889
3 specimens
UALVP 22726-22728
Mammalia
Alphadon cf. wilsoni Lillegraven 1969
2 specimens
UALVP 22723-22724 (3 measurements)
    = Alphadon jasoni Storer 1991
Storer 1991
recombined as Nortedelphys jasoni
and "A. sp."; confirmed by Johanson 1996b
Mammalia - Glasbiidae
Glasbius twitchelli Archibald 1982
1 specimen
UALVP 22725
Mammalia - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889
1 specimen
UALVP 22730
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Alphadon sp. Simpson 1927
44 specimens
UALVP 22678-22722
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Reptilia
Paraderma bogerti Estes 1964
Gao and Fox 1996 2 specimens
UALVP 29846 (dentary), 33387 (dorsal vertebra)
Reptilia - Anguidae
? Odaxosaurus piger (Gilmore 1928)
1 specimen
    = Odaxosaurus piger Gilmore 1928
Gao and Fox 1996
UALVP 33382 (maxilla)
Reptilia
Parasaniwa wyomingensis Gilmore 1928
4 specimens
UALVP 33347 (premaxilla), 33348 (maxilla), 33349 (dentary), 33350 (dorsal vertebra)
Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892
nomen dubium belonging to Serpentes
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Chamops segnis Marsh 1892
4 specimens
Partial maxilla (UALVP 29728) and three partial dentaries (UALVP 29728, 29811-29812)
Haptosphenus placodon Estes 1964
Gao and Fox 1996 2 specimens
UALVP 29771, 29870 (partial mandible)
Meniscognathus altmani Estes 1964
Gao and Fox 1996 1 specimen
UALVP 29833 (partial maxilla)
Leptochamops denticulatus (Gilmore 1928)
Reptilia - Globauridae
? Contogenys sp. Estes 1969
Reptilia
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Reptilia
Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
Coelurosauria indet. (Huene 1914)
? Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Avetheropoda
Carnosauria indet. Huene 1920
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
? Platacodon nanus Marsh 1889
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Kindleia fragosa Jordan 1927
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion selachos Estes 1964
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49.3° North, 108.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.3° North, 80.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval:Lancian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Frenchman
Local section:Cypress Hills Local bed:1
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 25 m below the Ferris (= No. 1) coal seam
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "...a poorly cemented sandstone having the dark grayish-green color..."
Environment:coarse channel fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:P. Johnston & R. Fox Collection dates:1979
Taxonomic list comments:25 m below K-T boundary (Ferris Coal)
Metadata
Also known as:UALVP
Database number:14655
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, R. Benson, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2013-06-18 15:54:02
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1535. R. C. Fox. 1989. The Wounded Knee local fauna and mammalian evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 208(1-3):11-59 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
41188 R. C. Fox. 1997. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene mammals, Cypress Hills region, Saskatchewan, and mammalian evolution across the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary. In L. McKenzie-McAnally (ed.), Canadian Paleontology Conference VII, Saskatoon. Field Trip Guidebook No. 6: Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southern Saskatchewan. Geological Association of Canada 70-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37933 K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1996. Taxonomy and evolution of Late Cretaceous lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from western Canada. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of natural History 33:1-107 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
42675 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]
42825 J. D. Gardner. 2003. Revision of Habrosaurus Gilmore (Caudata; Sirenidae) and relationships among sirenid salamanders. Palaeontology 46(6):1089-1122 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
3310 J. E. Storer. 1991. The mammals of the Gryde Local Fauna, Frenchman Formation (Maastrichtian: Lancian), Saskatchewan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3):350-369 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]