New Eggshell Site, RTMP BB 98: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by D. Brinkman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae indet. Deshayes 1855
Johnston and Hendy 2005
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
34 elements
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes informal indet. A Huxley 1880
Brinkman 1990 124 elements
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
64 specimens
Anura informal Gen. et sp. nov. 3
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani n. gen., n. sp. Gardner 2015
Gardner 2015 1 specimen
TMP 1985.066.0035 - holotype (incomplete right maxilla)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Brinkman 1990 18 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
Brinkman 1990 130 specimens
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Brinkman 1990 7 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 1998 2 specimens
Mammalia
Metatheria indet. (Huxley 1880)
Brinkman et al. 1998 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
Brinkman 1990 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Aspideretes sp. Hay 1904
Brinkman 1990 15 specimens
    = Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2007
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Brinkman 1990 5 specimens
Reptilia
Leidyosuchus canadensis Lambe 1907
Brinkman 1990 5 specimens
Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
Brinkman 1990 6 specimens
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Brinkman 1990 3 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Brinkman 1990 106 specimens
Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae
Prismatoolithus sp. Zhao and Li 1993
Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005 1 specimen
RTMP 2004.31.4
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
1 specimen
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Brinkman 1990 8 specimens
Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae
Continuoolithus canadensis Zelenitsky et al. 1996
Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005
Reptilia
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933
Brinkman 1990 24 specimens
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Brinkman 1990 3 elements
may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1?
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Kindleia sp. Jordan 1927
Brinkman 1990 28 elements
synonym of Cyclurus
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
Brinkman 1990 25 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
63 elements
Teleostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 1 element
Teleostei informal indet. N Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 2 elements
Teleostei informal indet. L Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 3 elements
Teleostei informal indet. E Müller 1846
Eberth and Brinkman 1997 1 element
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes
Esocoidea indet. Bleeker 1859
Brinkman 1990 6 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Wilson et al. 1992 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Brinkman 1990 10 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
Brinkman 1990 21 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 111.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.1° North, 76.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:663 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:83.50000 - 70.60000 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)" where positive numbers are above and negative below. DPP-Brinkman section measurement = 1.0 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,fine,medium silty sandstone
Secondary lithology:lenticular carbonaceous mudstone
Lithology description: BB 98 occurs within a laterally extensive (>100 m) 1.5-2.5 m thick, horizontally laminated, fine-to-medium-grained sandstone lithosome. Fossils were collected from a 50 cm thick unit of contorted, silty, fine-to-medium-grained sandstone with small lenses of mudstone as well as carbonaceous laminae. Microfossils have een collected exclusively from this lower unit.
Environment:crevasse splay
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Geology comments: Splay deposits typically comprise stacked sequences of interlaminated sands and siltstones separated by erosional surfaces, thus indicating repeated flooding and aggradation.
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
Size sorting:well
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),field collection
Minimum sieve size:64.000 Maximum sieve size:81.000
Rock censused:170
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Collectors:D. Brinkman
Collection method comments: Weight % fossil content 0.0545 kg fossil weight, fossil/sample = 0.03% (Table 3, Eberth 1990). Screenwashed elements were collected using a screen with 9 openings per centimeter.
Taxonomic list comments:"many invertebrate shells"
Metadata
Also known as:microvertebrate, NESS, DPP, Bonebed 98
Database number:47793
Authorizer:R. Whatley, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:R. Whatley, M. Carrano, J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-01 15:34:47 Last modified:2021-09-22 16:08:46
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-01 15:34:47
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]
5929ETE 1710D. 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]
19348ETE 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]
16964ETE 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]
5930ETE 1711D. 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]
65027 J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/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]
16975ETE P. A. Johnston and A. J. W. Hendy. 2005. Paleoecology of mollusks from the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Group. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 139-166 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54476 D. H. Tanke and M. K. Brett-Surman. 2001. Evidence of hatchling and nestling-size hadrosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from Dinosaur Provincial Park (Dinosaur Park Formation: Campanian), Alberta. In D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (ed.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 206-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45321 M. V. H. Wilson, D. B. Brinkman, and A. G. Neuman. 1992. Cretaceous Esocoidei (Teleostei): early radiation of the pikes in North American fresh waters. Journal of Paleontology 66(5):839-846 [M. Bell/M. Bell]
18893ETE D. K. Zelenitsky and W. J. Sloboda. 2005. Eggshells. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 398-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]