Old Road Site, RTMP L1138: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidiidae indet. Gray 1857
spelled with current rank as Pisidiinae
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
2 elements
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
6 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. D Müller 1846
6 elements
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
144 elements
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
10 elements
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
1 element
Phyllodontinae indet. Darteville and Casier 1949
1 element
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Coriops amnicolus Estes 1969
7 elements
Actinopteri
Holostei informal indet. A Müller 1846
55 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
10 elements
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
7 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
33 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
158 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
119 specimens
Mammalia
Theria indet. Parker and Haswell 1897
Brinkman et al. 2004 2 specimens
Mammalia - Marsupialia
Marsupialia indet. (Illiger 1811)
Brinkman et al. 2004 4 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Brinkman et al. 2004 2 specimens
Reptilia
Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928
2
Colpodontosaurus cf. cracens Estes 1964
2 specimens
Varanoidea indet. Gray 1827
1 specimen
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964
4 specimens
Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
1 specimen
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
1 specimen
Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922
1 specimen
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
2 specimens
Reptilia - Theropoda
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
2 specimens
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
3 specimens
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
5
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
99 specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
3 specimens
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Alligatorinae indet. Cuvier 1807
1 specimen
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
4 specimens
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
10 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
12 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
23 specimens
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:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Oldman Member:Middle
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 7 m below base of upper unit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular argillaceous,silty sandstone
Secondary lithology: argillaceous,sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a muddy, carbonaceous, clayey, silty sandstone body. The host lithosome is 1.5 m thick, and fines upward into a muddy, sandy, carbonaceous siltstone."
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:very well
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Metadata
Also known as:ORS
Database number:45894
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-12-13 07:32:56 Last modified:2022-02-08 07:58:50
Access level:the public Released:2004-12-13 07:32:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11964.ETE 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]

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]