EZ Site, RTMP L1128: Middle 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
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidiidae indet. Gray 1857
Peng et al. 2001
spelled with current rank as Pisidiinae
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Peng et al. 2001
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 8 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 16 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 150 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Peng et al. 2001 4 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Peng et al. 2001 4 elements
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
Peng et al. 2001 4 elements
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
Peng et al. 2001 26 elements
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 1 element
Holostei informal indet. B Müller 1846
Peng et al. 2001 4 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
Peng et al. 2001 147 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
Peng et al. 2001 18 elements
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton galaktion Fox and Naylor 1982
2 specimens
RTMP 96.78.118, 96.78.184
Albanerpeton gracilis Gardner 2000
16 specimens
RTMP 96.78.135
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Peng et al. 2001 43 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Peng et al. 2001 30 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 36 specimens
Mammalia - Peradectidae
Peradectidae indet. Crochet 1979
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Turgidodon praesagus (Russell 1952)
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma cf. antiqua
Brinkman et al. 2004 1 specimen
Reptilia - Xenosauridae
Xenosauridae indet. Cope 1866
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837
Peng et al. 2001 14 specimens
Reptilia - Anguidae
cf. Odaxosaurus piger (Gilmore 1928)
Peng et al. 2001 41 specimens
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964
Peng et al. 2001 4 specimens
Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Theropoda
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Peng et al. 2001 11 specimens
Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Peng et al. 2001 101 specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
Peng et al. 2001 11 specimens
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Alligatorinae indet. Cuvier 1807
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Peng et al. 2001 6 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Peng et al. 2001 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Peng et al. 2001 4 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Peng et al. 2001 6 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
Peng et al. 2001 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 110.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.4° North, 76.5° 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:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Oldman Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower unit of formation;27.5 m above top of Taber Coal Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:deformed bedding,lag argillaceous,silty sandstone
Secondary lithology:deformed bedding,lag argillaceous,silty mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "base of a 1.5 m thick carbonaceous, clayey, silty sandstone and mudstone. The host lithosome is evidently contorted, indicative of multiple lags."
Environment:crevasse splay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:-multiple events
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Size sorting:well
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:EZ
Database number:45567
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-10 11:59:20 Last modified:2021-09-23 12:32:07
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-10 11:59:20
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]