Onefour Car Park Site (RTMP): Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected 1997–1998

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
3 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
122 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
86 specimens
Reptilia
Ceratopsia indet. Marsh 1890
10 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
1 specimen
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
2 specimens
"large"
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856
3 specimens
TMP 1995.021.0010, 1989.116.0063, 2000.019.0001
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
2 specimens
TMP 1995.021.0005, 1995.131.0012
Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922
Larson and Currie 2013 1 specimen
TMP 1990.145.0001
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
Larson and Currie 2013 1 specimen
TMP 1990.106.0006
Reptilia
Cimolopteryx sp. Marsh 1889
Hope 2002 1 specimen
TMP 93.116.1
    = Ornithurae informal indet. F Haeckel 1866
Longrich 2009
Reptilia - Quercymegapodiidae
Palintropus sp. Brodkorb 1970
Hope 2002 1 specimen
TMP 88.116.1
    = Palintropus informal sp. B Brodkorb 1970
Longrich 2009
Reptilia
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907
37 specimens
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933
41 specimens
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
2 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
13 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
11 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
16 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
60 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
2 specimens
Mammalia - Marsupialia
Marsupialia indet. (Illiger 1811)
5 specimens
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
23 elements
Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Polyodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
3 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. R Müller 1846
29 elements
Teleostei informal indet. S Müller 1846
36 elements
Teleostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
86 elements
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
21 elements
Teleostei informal indet. G Müller 1846
5 elements
Teleostei informal indet. L Müller 1846
3 elements
Teleostei informal indet. N Müller 1846
14 elements
Teleostei informal indet. F Müller 1846
4 elements
Teleostei informal indet. Q Müller 1846
2 elements
Teleostei informal indet. C Müller 1846
8 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
15 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
5 elements
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
78 elements
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
19 elements
Holostei informal indet. B Müller 1846
7 elements
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
33 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
1461 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
638 elements
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Squatirhina americana Estes 1964
30 elements
recombined as Restesia americana
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus montanensis Case 1978
26 elements
recombined as Meristodonoides montanensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 110.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.3° North, 76.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Dinosaur Park
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: from a channel lag within the 8-16 m thick Lethbridge coal zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal mudstone
Lithology description: "extensive lag (<50 cm thick), dominated by large numbers of unionid pelecypod valves and valve fragments"
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:many
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Collection dates:1997–1998
Metadata
Also known as:CP
Database number:34307
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-08-26 14:25:16 Last modified:2021-09-22 16:16:57
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-26 14:25:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9017. D. A. Eberth and D. B. Brinkman. 1997. Paleoecology of an estuarine, incised-valley fill in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Judith River Group, Upper Cretaceous) of southern Alberta, Canada. Palaios 12:43-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

78157 D. A. Eberth. 2015. Origins of dinosaur bonebeds in the Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):655-681 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29037 S. Hope. 2002. The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes. In L. M. Chiappe and L. M. Witmer (eds.), Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley 339-388 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
48570 D. W. Larson and P. J. Currie. 2013. Multivariate analyses of small theropod dinosaur teeth and implications for paleoecological turnover through time. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54329:1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29137ETE N. R. Longrich. 2009. An ornithurine-dominated avifauna from the Belly River Group (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 30(1):161-177 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]