Manyberries [Bearpaw Fm]: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by Russell & Landes 1934-1936

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Volsella dichotoma Whiteaves 1885
Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Actinosepiidae
Actinosepia canadensis Whiteaves 1897
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites crickmayi Williams 1930
Baculites compressus Say 1920
Baculites ovatus (Say 1820)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Acanthoscaphites nodosus (Owen 1852)
recombined as Hoploscaphites nodosus
Rhaeboceras whiteavesi Russell and Landes 1937
Rhaeboceras subglobosus (Whiteaves 1885)
recombined as Rhaeboceras subglobosum
Rhaeboceras albertensis (Warren 1930)
recombined as Rhaeboceras albertense
Acanthoscaphites quadrangularis
Acanthoscaphites plenus (Meek and Hayden 1861)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras meeki
Placenticeras intercalare
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia scitula
Yoldia evansi (Meek and Hayden 1857)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cancellata Meek and Hayden 1857
Nucula planimarginata Meek and Hayden 1857
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella galpiniana (Evans and Shumard 1854)
Volsella anomala Russell and Landes 1937
Volsella wrighti (Warren 1934)
Volsella attenuata (Meek and Hayden 1857)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis parvula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon canadensis Russell and Landes 1937
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema hallii
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten nebrascensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea patina
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria notukeuensis Warren 1934
Pteria linguiformis (Evans and Shumard 1854)
recombined as Phelopteria linguaeformis
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus tenuilineatus Hall and Meek 1855
recombined as Inoceramus (Cataceramus) tenuilineatus
Inoceramus sagensis Owen 1852
recombined as Inoceramus (Cataceramus) sagensis
Inoceramus barabini
Inoceramus vanuxemi
Inoceramus proximus
Inoceramus subcircularis
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha montanensis Henderson 1918
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia gracilis
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen albertensis Russell and Landes 1937
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia subquadrata (Evans and Shumard 1857)
Gervillia borealis (Whiteaves 1885)
recombined as Leptocardia borealis
Protocardia borealis Whiteaves 1885
recombined as Leptocardia borealis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra warrenana Meek and Hayden 1856
recombined as Cymbophora warrenana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosiniopsis robusta
Dosiniopsis pellucida
Dosiniopsis deweyi (Meek and Hayden 1856)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870
Arctica ovata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus moreauensis (Meerk and Hayden 1861)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina occidentalis
Lucina subundata
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium gracile
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Cinulia concinna
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon centrale Meek 1871
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura americana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices obliquata
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
Vanikoropsis sp. Meek 1876
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.4° North, 110.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.5° North, 75.7° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Formation:Bearpaw
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bearpaw [Shale] Formation, which overlies the Late Campanian Oldman Formation (brackish to non-marine), andis overlain by the Eastend Fm (Maastrichtian). AGE: Late Campanian on the basis of ammonite (and other groups) biostratigraphy; Baculites compressus biozone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray poorly lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology:concretionary lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Dark grey shale, with occasional concretions. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified shales, but with fossiliferous lithified concretions.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Offshore siliciclastic marine setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Collectors:Russell & Landes Collection dates:1934-1936
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: L.S. Russell and R. W. Landes. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, scaphopoda, and cephalopoda.
Metadata
Database number:82638
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-30 17:34:07 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-30 17:34:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27815. L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]