RTMP BB 31, DPP: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by R. A. Mussieux & D. Tanke 1984
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Prosobranchia indet.
Milne-Edwards 1848
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Eberth et al. 1988 | |||||||||
rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Sphaerium recticardinale
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Eberth et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unionidae indet.
Rafinesque 1820
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Eberth et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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54 elements | |||||||||
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes informal indet. A
Huxley 1880
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Brinkman 1990 | 255 elements | ||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser albertensis
Lambe 1902
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Brinkman 1990 | 1 element | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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60 specimens | |||||||||
Anura informal indet. 3
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMP 1987.029.0085*, maxilla | ||||||||||
Anura informal Unnamed genus and species I
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Gardner et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMP 1986.130.0047*, frontoparietal | ||||||||||
Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani
Gardner 2015
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Gardner 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMP 1986.033.0033 (maxilla) | ||||||||||
Hensonbatrachus kermiti
Gardner and Brinkman 2015
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Gardner and Brinkman 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMP 1985.70.07 (maxilla) | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Eberth et al. 1988 | 26 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Eberth et al. 1988 | 152 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brinkman 1990 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
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Metatheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretes sp.
Hay 1904
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Brinkman 1990 | 29 specimens | ||||||||
= Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Brinkman 1990 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Leidyosuchus canadensis
Lambe 1907
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Brinkman 1990 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Krokolithidae
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Krokolithes sp.
Hirsch 1985
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Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Brinkman 1990 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Pachycephalosauridae
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Pachycephalosauridae indet.
Sternberg 1945
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Brinkman 1990 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Spheroolithidae
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Spheroolithus albertensis
Zelenitsky and Hills 1997
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Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Brinkman 1990 | 104 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Thescelosaurus neglectus
Gilmore 1913
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Eberth et al. 1988 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Brinkman 1990 | 5 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 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Saurornitholestes langstoni
Sues 1978
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Brinkman 1990 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
Dromaeosaurus sp.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Paronychodon sp.
Cope 1876
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
? Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Elongatoolithidae
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Eberth 1990 | |||||||||
dinosaur egg shell fragments | ||||||||||
= Continuoolithus canadensis
Zelenitsky et al. 1996
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Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005 | |||||||||
Porituberoolithus warnerensis
Zelenitsky et al. 1996
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Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Champsosaurus natator
Parks 1933
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Brinkman 1990 | 55 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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19 elements | |||||||||
may be same as Atractosteus occidentalis in Table 1? | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia sp.
Jordan 1927
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Eberth et al. 1988 | 11 elements | ||||||||
synonym of Cyclurus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. D
Müller 1846
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Brinkman 1990 | 51 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Brinkman 1990 | 79 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. A
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 3 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. N
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 3 elements | ||||||||
Teleostei informal indet. L
Müller 1846
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Eberth and Brinkman 1997 | 2 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Salmoniformes
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Esocoidea indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Brinkman 1990 | 12 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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Brinkman 1990 | 3 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Coriops amnicolus
Estes 1969
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Eberth et al. 1988 | 26 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus longirostris
(Lambe 1902)
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1 element | |||||||||
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: | 670 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 | ||
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,fine,medium,sideritic silty sandstone |
Lithology description: BB 31 occurs within a 2.0 m thick fining-upward lithosome of locally contorted carbonaceous sediments that displays a faint horizontal lamination and locally developed ripple lamination. BB 31 includes locally developed iron-rich (sideritic) sediments associated with concentrated disarticulated pisidiid clam valves and rare unionids. At BB 31 the lower half of the lithosome is dominated by contorted lenses and laminae of silty, fine-to-medium-grained sandstone. The sandstones contain the densest accumulations of microfossils and pisidiid valves as well as a few disarticulated unionid valves and rare gastropod shells. | |
Environment: | crevasse splay |
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,replaced with siderite |
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 genera,some macrofossils | ||
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: | R. A. Mussieux & D. Tanke | Collection dates: | 28 August 1984 |
Collection method comments: BB 31 was the first site in Dinosaur Park to yield egg shell fragments (fragments are <1 cm in maximum dimension). | |||
Taxonomic list comments:"many invertebrate shells" |
Metadata
Also known as: | Bonebed 31 | ||
Database number: | 47816 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Whatley, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano, J. Alroy | Enterer: | R. Whatley, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano, J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-02 14:35:37 | Last modified: | 2021-09-22 16:06:55 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-02 14:35:37 |
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] |
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] | |
15455 | ETE | D. A. Eberth, D. B. Brinkman, and P. A. Johnston. 1988. Bonebed 31. In D. A. Eberth (ed.), Palaeoecology of Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 48th Annual Meeting, Field Trip "B" (October 12, 1988). Occasional Paper of theTyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 7:23-26 [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] | |
56071 | J. D. Gardner and D. B. Brinkman. 2015. A new frog (Lissamphibia, Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. In O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, G. L. Powell, H. A. Jamniczky, A. M. Bauer, J. Theodor (eds.), All Animals are Interesting: A Festschrift in Honour of Anthony P. Russell 35-105 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
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] | |
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] | |
18893 | ETE | 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] |