RTMP BB 86: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by L. J. Strong 1986-1989
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes informal indet. A
Huxley 1880
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Brinkman 1990 | 223 elements | ||||||||
Osteichthyes informal indet. B
Huxley 1880
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Brinkman 1990 | 6 elements | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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171 specimens | |||||||||
Anura informal Unnamed genus and species I
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Gardner et al. 2016 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
TMP 1986.010.0036*, TMP 1986.023.0016*, TMP 2008.004.0016*, maxillae; TMP 2008.004.0017*, frontoparietal | ||||||||||
Hensonbatrachus kermiti
Gardner and Brinkman 2015
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Gardner and Brinkman 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMP 86.23.32 (frontoparietal) | ||||||||||
Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani
Gardner 2015
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Gardner 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMP 2008.004.0018 (maxilla) | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Brinkman 1990 | 509 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Brinkman 1990 | 41 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Brinkman 1990 | 76 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Brinkman 1990 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Pachycephalosauridae
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Pachycephalosauridae indet.
Sternberg 1945
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Thescelosaurus cf. neglectus
Gilmore 1913
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Brinkman 1990 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Brinkman 1990 | 516 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Paronychodon sp.
Cope 1876
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Troodon formosus
Leidy 1856
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Brinkman 1990 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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cf. Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Saurornitholestes langstoni
Sues 1978
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Brinkman 1990 | 43 specimens | ||||||||
Dromaeosaurus sp.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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? Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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Brinkman 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Leidyosuchus canadensis
Lambe 1907
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Brinkman 1990 | 123 specimens | ||||||||
Champsosaurus natator
Parks 1933
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Brinkman 1990 | 91 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Brinkman 1990 | 61 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretes sp.
Hay 1904
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Brinkman 1990 | 28 specimens | ||||||||
= Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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30 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brinkman 1990 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
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Metatheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. D
Müller 1846
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Brinkman 1990 | 107 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Brinkman 1990 | 190 elements | ||||||||
"gen. unident." | ||||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. A
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 11 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. N
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 10 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. L
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 7 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. E
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 2 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 11 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Coriops amnicolus
Estes 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 43 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Salmoniformes
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Esocoidea indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Brinkman 1990 | 16 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus longirostris
(Lambe 1902)
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12 elements | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia sp.
Jordan 1927
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Brinkman 1990 | 58 elements | ||||||||
synonym of Cyclurus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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25 elements | |||||||||
may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1? | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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657 elements | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 76.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 666 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | ||
Local section: | DPP-Brinkman | Local bed: | 1.0 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Regional section: | Dinosaur Park | Regional bed: | 0.0 m | ||
Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 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)." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lag,fine,medium,pebbly,intraclastic sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | sandy,carbonaceous siltstone |
Lithology description: "BB 86 occurs at the erosional base of a 1 m thick IHS sequence (Fig. 7F). the basal portion comprises a 40 cm thick bed of fine-to-medium-grained sandstone with 2-3 cm thick fining-upward laminae, capped by a sandy, carbonaceous plant-fragment-rich siltstone. The base of this unit is erosional and mudstone pebbles, as well as rare, extremely large dinosaurian elements are present in association with microfossils through the lowest few centimeters. | |
Environment: | channel lag |
Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Geology comments: Characterized as in-channel, coastal plain. Facies association = Inclined heterolithic stratification (IHS) "comprising inclined decimeter-scale sandstone/mudstone interbeds (Thomas et al. 1987), has been interpreted as a lateral accretion deposit in fluvial (Wood, 1985) and tidally-influenced coastal-plain channels (Koster and Currie, 1987; Wood et al., 1988)." Upper flow-regime, tractional plane beds fromed during flood stage. Lag deposits, or plane bed deposits that show horizontal-planar stratification, bed thicknesses exceeding single pebble diameters, normal graded or fining upward texture, and matrix-supported clasts. The disconformity in southern Alberta records a Cordilleran uplift event west of the Park. (Eberth, 1990) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 64.000 | Maximum sieve size: | 81.000 |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
Collectors: | L. J. Strong | Collection dates: | 1986-1989 |
Collection method comments: Screenwashed elements were collected using a screen with 9 openings per centimeter. |
Metadata
Also known as: | DPP, Bonebed 86, TMP loc. L0086 | ||
Database number: | 45264 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | R. Whatley, J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-10-15 17:46:33 | Last modified: | 2023-07-14 14:42:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-15 17:46:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16643. | ETE | D. B. Brinkman. 1986. Microvertebrate sites: progress and prospectus. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta 24-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
5929 | ETE 1710 | 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] |
19348 | ETE | D. B. Brinkman, M. J. Ryan, and D. A. Eberth. 1998. The paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution of ceratopsids (Ornithischia) in the Upper Judith River Group of western Canada. Palaios 13:160-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
16964 | ETE | P. J. Currie. 2005. History of research. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 3-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
5930 | ETE 1711 | D. A. Eberth. 1990. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of vertebrate microfossil sites in the uppermost Judith River Formation (Campanian), Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78:1-36 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
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] | |
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] | |
56016 | J. D. Gardner. 2015. An edentulous frog (Lissamphibia; Anura) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation of southeastern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52:569-580 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
56071 | J. D. Gardner and D. B. Brinkman. 2015. A new frog (Lissamphibia, Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. In O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, G. L. Powell, H. A. Jamniczky, A. M. Bauer, J. Theodor (eds.), All Animals are Interesting: A Festschrift in Honour of Anthony P. Russell 35-105 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
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] |