Pinhorn Range #93-2, RTMP L1133: Middle Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"plant debris"
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae indet. Bonaparte 1831
4 elements
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
10 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
65 specimens
Reptilia
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
11 specimens
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
19 specimens
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Alligatorinae indet. Cuvier 1807
1 specimen
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
18 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
4 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
2 specimens
Reptilia - Anguidae
Odaxosaurus cf. priscus Gao and Fox 1996
1 specimen
cf. Odaxosaurus piger (Gilmore 1928)
5 specimens
Reptilia
Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928
2 specimens
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964
4 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma cf. primaeva (Lambe 1902)
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
recombined as Filikomys primaevus
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus major (Russell 1936)
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
17 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
68 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
138 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
70 specimens
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
31 elements
Holostei informal indet. B Müller 1846
5 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
126 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
14 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
27 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
101 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
16 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
14 elements
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
5 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
6 elements
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium missouriense Case 1979
1 element
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
24 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 110.8° 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:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Oldman Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower unit of formation; 24.5 m above top of Taber Coal Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular,current ripples sandstone
Secondary lithology:fine sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The host lithosome is a 1.25 m-thick, fining-upward sandstone body, composed of 75 cm of large-scale trough cross-beds that then pass into heterolithic incliined units. The heterolithic beds comprise fine-grained sandstone with abundant plant debris. Vertebrate microfossil remains occur in the transition from the cross-bedding to the heterolithic inclined beds."
Environment:"channel"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:none
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Metadata
Also known as:PHR 93-2
Database number:45820
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-12-06 07:57:09 Last modified:2021-09-23 12:22:41
Access level:the public Released:2004-12-06 07:57:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11964.ETE 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]

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]