Verdigris Coulee Michael's Site: Late/Upper Santonian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Urodela indet.
(Duméril 1805)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiinae indet.
Bonaparte 1837
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Melvius sp.
Bryant 1987
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| "Gar scale type 1 and 2 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. O
(Müller 1846)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "type O" | ||||||||||
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Teleostei informal indet. U-4
(Müller 1846)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| "type U-4" | ||||||||||
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Elopomorpha indet.
(Greenwood et al. 1966)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
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Wilsonichthys sp.
Murray et al. 2016
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Hiodontiformes
- Hiodontidae
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Hiodontidae indet.
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Otophysa informal indet. U-3/BvD
()
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| "Teleost U-3/BvD" | ||||||||||
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Acanthomorpha indet.
(Rosen 1973)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Estesesox foxi
Wilson et al. 1992
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Pseudomyledaphus madseni
Kirkland et al. 2013
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Orectolobidae indet.
Jordan and Fowler 1903
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 111.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.4° North, 73.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Milk River | Member: | Deadhorse Coulee | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: near the base of the Deadhorse Coulee Member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: lenticular muddy siltstone | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMP |
| Collection method comments: Both surface collected and screen-washed using a screen with 0.85 mm openings | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMP accession number 2000.2 | ||
| Database number: | 190345 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, M. Carrano | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | ||
| Created: | 2017-12-05 13:16:40 | Last modified: | 2017-12-05 13:16:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-05 13:16:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64013. | D. B. Brinkman, A. G. Neuman, and J. D. Divay. 2017. Non-marine fishes of the late Santonian Milk River Formation of Alberta, Canada – evidence from vertebrate microfossil localities. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Paleontology 3:7-46 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] |