Cecil Nesmo's #1, RTMP L1137: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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 13 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Peng et al. 2001 136 specimens
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Peng et al. 2001 10 specimens
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
Peng et al. 2001 11 specimens
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Peng et al. 2001 5 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
Peng et al. 2001 9 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Peng et al. 2001 6 specimens
Reptilia
Varanoidea indet. Gray 1827
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia
Colpodontosaurus cracens Estes 1964
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
cf. Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928
Peng et al. 2001 3 specimens
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Mammalia - Marsupialia
Marsupialia indet. (Illiger 1811)
Brinkman et al. 2004 3 specimens
Mammalia - Pediomyidae
Pediomys sp. Marsh 1889
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
    = Pediomyidae indet. Simpson 1927
Alroy 2007
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Turgidodon praesagus (Russell 1952)
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
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 gracilis Gardner 2000
9 specimens
RTMP 96.78.185
Albanerpeton galaktion Fox and Naylor 1982
1 specimen
RTMP 96.78.124
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Peng et al. 2001 210 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 206 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Peng et al. 2001 102 specimens
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 57 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
Peng et al. 2001 30 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 26 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 230 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
Peng et al. 2001 22 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Peng et al. 2001 1 element
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
Peng et al. 2001 15 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Peng et al. 2001 22 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 2 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 110.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.3° North, 76.2° 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:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Oldman Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 6 m above the top of the middle unit; Nesmo's unit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "1.5 m thick, massive siltstone. The host lithosome is tabular, flat-bedded, and fines upward."
Environment:crevasse splay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Size sorting:well
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:CN-1
Database number:45893
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-12-13 07:18:03 Last modified:2021-09-23 12:21:18
Access level:the public Released:2004-12-13 07:18:03
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]
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]