PK Microsite: Middle Campanian, Canada
collected 2009-2013, 2015
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ilium | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton sp.
Cope 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Ankylosauridae indet.
Brown 1908
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pachycephalosauridae
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Pachycephalosauridae indet.
Sternberg 1945
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Eusuchia indet.
(Huxley 1875)
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51 specimens | |||||||||
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Squamata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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24 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Naomichelys sp.
Hay 1908
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
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Horseshoeichthys sp.
Newbrey et al. 2010
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Holostei indet.
Müller 1846
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Holostean B | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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43 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Elasmodus sp.
Egerton
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Selachimorpha indet.
Nelson 1984
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Pseudomyledaphus sp.
Kirkland et al. 2013
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspididae indet.
Müller and Henle 1839
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Archaeolamnidae
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Archaeolamna sp.
Siverson 1992
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.6° North, 111.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.9° North, 76.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Foremost |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: "The interval that in which the PK is located consists of crossbedded fine sandstone, with the specific microvertebrate producing horizon consisting of sandy siltstone, thought to represent a graded splay/paleochannel deposit, and is located stratigraphically approximately 6m below the lowermost coal referable to the TCZ." TCZ=Taber Coal Zone | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMP | Collection dates: | 2009-2013, 2015 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Phil's Knob vertebrate microfossil bonebed | ||
| Database number: | 181024 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-08-13 23:25:37 | Last modified: | 2023-07-14 14:07:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-08-13 23:25:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60112. | T. M. Cullen, F. Fanti, C. Capobianco, M. J. Ryan, and D. C. Evans. 2016. A vertebrate microsite from a marine-terrestrial transition in the Foremost Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, and the use of faunal assemblage data as a paleoenvironmental indicator. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 444:101-114 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
| 64015 | J. D. Gardner, C. M. Redman, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. The hopping dead: Late Cretaceous frogs from the middle-late Campanian (Judithian) of western North America. Fossil Imprint 72(1-2):78-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] |