Pinhorn Range #2, RTMP L1124: Middle Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Peng et al. 2001 31 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 30 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Peng et al. 2001 66 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
7 specimens
RTMP 96.78.100
    = Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Peng et al. 2001
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
Peng et al. 2001 6 specimens
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Peng et al. 2001 12 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Peng et al. 2001 263 specimens
Reptilia
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Peng et al. 2001 18 specimens
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
Peng et al. 2001 9 specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
Peng et al. 2001 190 specimens
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Alligatorinae indet. Cuvier 1807
Peng et al. 2001 15 specimens
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 213 specimens
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Reptilia
cf. Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837
Peng et al. 2001 6 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Peng et al. 2001 7 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 2004 2 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Meniscoessus major (Russell 1936)
Brinkman et al. 2004 3 specimens
Mammalia - Cimolestidae
Cimolestes sp. Marsh 1889
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Turgidodon russelli (Fox 1979)
Brinkman et al. 2004 2 specimens
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Peng et al. 2001 25 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 25 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 265 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Peng et al. 2001 1987 elements
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
Peng et al. 2001 29 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
Peng et al. 2001 5 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Peng et al. 2001 7 elements
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
Peng et al. 2001 160 elements
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 22 elements
Holostei informal indet. B Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 166 elements
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
Peng et al. 2001 17 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
Peng et al. 2001 834 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus turneri Case 1987
Peng et al. 2001 1 element
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Peng et al. 2001 16 elements
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 2164 elements
Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977
Peng et al. 2001 9 elements
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium missouriense Case 1979
Peng et al. 2001 6 elements
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis (Davis 1890)
Peng et al. 2001 10 elements
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Synodontaspis hardingi (Cappetta and Case 1975)
Peng et al. 2001 79 elements
recombined as Carcharias hardingi
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929
Peng et al. 2001 8 elements
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Peng et al. 2001 15 elements
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Peng et al. 2001
"unidentified marine clams"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Peng et al. 2001
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Peng et al. 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 110.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.4° North, 76.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Foremost
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper unit of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty sandstone
Secondary lithology:planar lamination "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "base of a 3.5 m thick sandstone, which comprises silty sand and finely laminated shales. The host lithosome sits with sharp contact on the fourth parasequence of the middle (mudstone) succession."
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Size sorting:well
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Metadata
Also known as:PHR-2
Database number:45561
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-09 14:35:23 Last modified:2023-07-14 14:06:17
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-09 14:35:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
11931ETE D. B. Brinkman, A. P. Russell, D. A. Eberth and J. Peng. 2004. Vertebrate palaeocommunities of the lower Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, as interpreted from vertebrate microfossil assemblages. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 213:295-313 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
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]
11964ETE J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]