RTMP BB 54: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by L. J. Strong 1985
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes informal indet. A
Huxley 1880
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Brinkman 1990 | 1582 elements | ||||||||
Osteichthyes informal indet. B
Huxley 1880
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Brinkman 1990 | 196 elements | ||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brinkman 1990 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Metatheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretes sp.
Hay 1904
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Brinkman 1990 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
= Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Brinkman 1990 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Champsosaurus natator
Parks 1933
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Brinkman 1990 | 109 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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cf. Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Saurornitholestes langstoni
Sues 1978
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Brinkman 1990 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Paronychodon sp.
Cope 1876
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Brinkman 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Brinkman 1990 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Brinkman 1990 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Leidyosuchus canadensis
Lambe 1907
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Brinkman 1990 | 53 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Brinkman 1990 | 287 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Brinkman 1990 | 60 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Brinkman 1990 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia sp.
Jordan 1927
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Brinkman 1990 | 149 elements | ||||||||
synonym of Cyclurus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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742 elements | |||||||||
may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1? | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus longirostris
(Lambe 1902)
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5 elements | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. D
Müller 1846
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Brinkman 1990 | 405 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Brinkman 1990 | 331 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. A
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 88 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. N
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 18 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. L
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 11 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. E
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 5 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Salmoniformes
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Esocoidea indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Brinkman 1990 | 35 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 13 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Coriops amnicolus
Estes 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 112 elements | ||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser albertensis
Lambe 1902
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Brinkman 1990 | 15 elements | ||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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218 elements | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 111.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 58.1° North, 76.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 678 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: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Belly River | Formation: | Dinosaur Park | ||
Local section: | DPP-Brinkman | Local bed: | 38.0 m | ||
Local 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. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | planar lamination silty,carbonaceous sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
Lithology description: BB 54 occurs as a 50 cm thick coaly, horizontally-laminated deposit, comprising three poorly-to-moderately-sorted, normally graded sequences. Sequences are silty sandstone, except for siltstone/mudstone seqence. It is not obvious if or where fossils are concentrated. | |
Environment: | fine channel fill |
Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Geology comments: Muddy channel-fill - abandoned channel |
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: | medium |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 64.000 | Maximum sieve size: | 81.000 |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | TMP | ||
Collectors: | L. J. Strong | Collection dates: | 5 June 1985 |
Collection method comments: Screenwashed elements were collected using a screen with 9 openings per centimeter. |
Metadata
Also known as: | microvertebrate, Bonebed 54, DPP | ||
Database number: | 47814 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Whatley, M. Carrano, J. Alroy | Enterer: | R. Whatley, M. Carrano, J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-02 13:49:30 | Last modified: | 2021-09-22 16:07:16 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-02 13:49:30 |
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] | |
5929 | ETE 1710 | D. 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] |
19348 | ETE | 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] |
16964 | ETE | 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] |
5930 | ETE 1711 | D. 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] |