Wendy's Site, RTMP L1127: Middle Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Peng et al. 2001
"carbonaceous plant debris"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidiidae indet. Gray 1857
Peng et al. 2001
spelled with current rank as Pisidiinae
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820
Peng et al. 2001
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Peng et al. 2001
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Peng et al. 2001 8 specimens
Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Peng et al. 2001 61 specimens
Reptilia
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia cf. gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
Larson and Currie 2013 1 specimen
TMP 1987.080.0035
Aves indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Currie and Goy 2008 1 specimen
TMP 1989.103.0025
    = Richardoestesia isosceles Sankey 2001
Larson and Currie 2013
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Peng et al. 2001 7 specimens
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
Peng et al. 2001 73 specimens
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Alligatorinae indet. Cuvier 1807
Peng et al. 2001 9 specimens
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 214 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Peng et al. 2001 11 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
Peng et al. 2001 5 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Peng et al. 2001 8 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Peng et al. 2001 14 specimens
Reptilia
Colpodontosaurus cf. cracens Estes 1964
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia - Anguidae
cf. Odaxosaurus piger (Gilmore 1928)
Peng et al. 2001 33 specimens
Reptilia
cf. Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928
Peng et al. 2001 7 specimens
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Mammalia
Eutheria indet. (Huxley 1880)
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Peradectidae
Peradectidae indet. Crochet 1979
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Pediomyidae
Pediomys sp. Marsh 1889
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
    = Pediomyidae indet. Simpson 1927
Alroy 2007
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Turgidodon russelli (Fox 1979)
Brinkman et al. 2004 2 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 2004 2 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus major (Russell 1936)
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton nexuosus Estes 1981
1 specimen
RTMP 96.78.152
Albanerpeton gracilis Gardner 2000
63 specimens
RTMP 96.78.187-96.78.197
Albanerpeton galaktion Fox and Naylor 1982
1 specimen
RTMP 96.78.186
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Peng et al. 2001 38 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 216 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Peng et al. 2001 75 specimens
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 139 elements
Holostei informal indet. B Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 25 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
Peng et al. 2001 404 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
Peng et al. 2001 11 elements
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
Peng et al. 2001 11 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 28 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 225 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Peng et al. 2001 35 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Peng et al. 2001 15 elements
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium missouriense Case 1979
Peng et al. 2001 1 element
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 9 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 110.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.4° North, 76.5° 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:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Oldman Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower unit of formation; about 10 m above Taber Coal Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tabular argillaceous,silty sandstone
Secondary lithology:deformed bedding,ferruginous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "tabular, flat-bedded, carbonaceous, clayey, silty sandstone. The host lithosome is about 75 cm thick, and fines upward into siltstone, featuring contorted structure and local iron staining."
Environment:crevasse splay
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:occasional
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:WS, Pinhorn Ranch
Database number:45566
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-10 08:39:41 Last modified:2021-10-29 09:46:41
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-10 08:39:41
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]
52038 P. J. Currie and C. Goy. 2008. The first serrated bird tooth. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 159-165 [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]
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]
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]