Dinosaur Park Formation should not be confused with Dinosaur Provincial Park.
| Dinosaur Park Formation | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Prilithology: | Sandstone (lower) Mudstone and siltstone (upper) |
| Otherlithology: | Bentonite and coal |
| Namedfor: | Dinosaur Provincial Park |
| Namedby: | Eberth, D.A. and Hamblin, A.P.[1] |
| Year Ts: | 1993 |
| Country: |  Canada |
| Coordinates: | 49.2°N -110.4°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.4°N -75.8°W |
| Underlies: | Bearpaw Formation |
| Overlies: | Oldman Formation |
| Unitof: | Belly River Group |
| Extent: | Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin |
| Age: | Late Cretaceous, Campanian, |
| Period: | Campanian |
The Dinosaur Park Formation is the uppermost member of the Belly River Group (also known as the Judith River Group), a major geologic unit in southern Alberta. It was deposited during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, between about 76.5 and 74.4 million years ago.[2] It was deposited in alluvial and coastal plain environments, and it is bounded by the nonmarine Oldman Formation below it and the marine Bearpaw Formation above it.[3]
The Dinosaur Park Formation contains dense concentrations of dinosaur skeletons, both articulated and disarticulated, which are often found with preserved remains of soft tissues. Remains of other animals such as fish, turtles, and crocodilians, as well as plant remains, are also abundant.[4] The formation has been named after Dinosaur Provincial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the formation is well exposed in the badlands that flank the Red Deer River.
The Dinosaur Park Formation is composed of sediments that were derived from the erosion of the mountains to the west. It was deposited on an alluvial to coastal plain by river systems that flowed eastward and southeastward to the Bearpaw Sea, a large inland sea that was part of the Western Interior Seaway. That sea gradually inundated the adjacent coastal plain, depositing the marine shales of the Bearpaw Formation on top of the Dinosaur Park Formation.
The Dinosaur Park Formation is about 70m (230feet) thick at Dinosaur Park. The lower portion of the formation was laid down in fluvial channel environments and consists primarily of fine- to medium-grained, crossbedded sandstones. The upper portion, which was deposited in overbank and floodplain environments, consists primarily of massive to laminated, organic-rich mudstones with abundant root traces, and thin beds of bentonite. The Lethbridge Coal Zone, which consists of several seams of low-rank coal interbedded with mudstones and siltstones, marks the top of the formation.
The sediments of the Dinosaur Park Formation are similar to those of the underlying Oldman Formation and they were originally included in that formation. The two formations are separated by a regional disconformity, however, and are distinguished by petrographic and sedimentologic differences. In addition, articulated skeletal remains and bonebeds are rare in the Oldman Formation but abundant in the Dinosaur Park Formation.
The Dinosaur Park Formation can be divided into at least two distinct faunas. The lower part of the formation is characterized by the abundance of Corythosaurus and Centrosaurus. This group of species is replaced higher in the formation by a different ornithischian fauna characterized by the presence of Lambeosaurus and Styracosaurus.[5] The appearance of several new, rare species of ornithischian at the very top of the formation may indicate that a third distinct fauna had replaced the second during the transition into younger, non-Dinosaur Park sediments, at the same time an inland sea transgresses onto land, but there are fewer remains here. An unnamed pachyrhinosaur, Vagaceratops irvinensis, and Lambeosaurus magnicristatus may be more common in this third fauna.[6]
The timeline below follows a synthesis presented by Fowler (2017)[7] with additional information from Arbour et al. 2009, Evans et al. 2009, and Penkalski, 2013.[8] Megaherbivore Assemblage Zones (MAZ) follow data presented by Mallon et al., 2012.[9]
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Remains of the following amphibians have been found in the formation:[10]
Albanerpetontidae (extinct, salamander-like amphibians)
Caudata (salamanders)
Remains of the following dinosaurs have been found in the formation:[13] [14]
Remains of the following ornithischians have been found in the formation:[15]
| Ankylosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Anodontosaurus | A. inceptus | Middle, 75.6 Ma ago | [Two] skulls with teeth, mandible, partially prepared skeleton, both cervical half-rings, and osteoderms.[16] | An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid | ||
| Dyoplosaurus | D. acutosquameus | Lower, 76.5 Ma ago | A partial skull and skeleton including pelvis, tail, and hindlimb with pes, and osteoderms. | An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid | ||
| Edmontonia | E. rugosidens | Lower, 76.5-75.9 Ma ago | A partial skeleton including a skull, dorsal vertebrae, proximal, distal caudal, ribs, humerus, ulna, radius, manus, fragments of the pelvis, tibia, fibula?, osteoderms; anterior half of an articulated skeleton with in situ osteoderms, and paired first medial scutes. | A nodosaurine nodosaurid also known from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation and Two Medicine Formation | ||
| Euoplocephalus | E. tutus | Lower to Middle, ~76.4-75.6 Ma ago | [Four] skulls, mandible, cervical vertebrae, dorsal vertebrae, ribs, scapulae, humeri, radius, ulna, metacarpals, phalanx, ilium, ischium, femur, tibia, partial pes, sacrum, cervical half-rings, and osteoderms. | An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid | ||
| Panoplosaurus | P. mirus | Middle, 75.6 Ma ago | Skull with lower jaws, isolated teeth, cervical vertebrae, dorsal vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, cervical ribs, dorsal ribs, scapulocoracoid, humerus, manus, tibia, fibula, ossified intersternal plate, a pair of ossified xiphoid processes, pes, and in situ osteoderms. | A nodosaurine nodosaurid | ||
| Platypelta | P. coombsi | Lower, 77.5-76.5 Ma ago | A well-preserved skull, mandibles, teeth, cervical and dorsal vertebrae, ribs, complete pelvis, both scapulocoracoids, both humeri and radii, both cervical half-rings, and osteoderms. | An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid | ||
| Scolosaurus | S. cutleri | Lower, 76.5 Ma ago or more | A nearly complete skeleton, a skull, cervical, dorsal, and caudal vertebrae, ribs, scapula, coracoid, humeri, radii, ilium, ischium, femur, tibia, fibula, [one] cervical half-ring, and osteoderms. | An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid briefly thought to be synonymous with Euoplocephalus. It possibly came from the upper layers of the underlying Oldman Formation.[17] | ||
| S. thronus | Upper, 75 Ma ago | A partial skeleton including a skull, dorsal vertebrae, ?complete synsacrum, sacral ribs, caudal vertebrae, scapula, partial ilia, humerus, cervical half-rings, osteoderms, and skin impressions. | An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid | |||
An unnamed Pachyrhinosaurus-like taxon has been recovered from the formation.[18]
| Ceratopsians from the Dinosaur Park Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Centrosaurus | C. apertus | Middle, 76.2-75.5Ma ago | "[Fifteen] skulls, several skeletons, all adult; abundant bone-bed material with rare juveniles and subadults."[19] C. nasicornis may be a synonym. | A centrosaurine ceratopsid | ||
| Chasmosaurus | C. belli | Middle, 76–75.5Ma ago | "[Twelve] skulls, several skeletons." | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid | ||
| C. russelli | Lower, 76.5-76Ma ago | "[Six] complete or partial skulls." | ||||
| Mercuriceratops | M. gemini[20] | Lower, ~77Ma ago | "one apomorphic squamosal" | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid | ||
| Monoclonius | M. lowei | A dubious centrosaurine ceratopsid. Possibly synonymous with Centrosaurus. | ||||
| Pentaceratops[21] | P. aquilonius | Uppermost, 74.8 MA | two frill fragments | A dubious chasmosaurine ceratopsid that may be the same species as Spiclypeus shipporum.[22] | ||
| Spinops[23] | S. sternbergorum | Lower, 76.5Ma | "partial parietal bone, partial dentary, unidentifiable limb fragments, partial skull, and partial right squamosal." | A centrosaurine ceratopsid.It may actually be from the upper Oldman Formation. | ||
| Styracosaurus | S. albertensis | Upper, 75.5-75.2Ma ago | "[Two] skulls, [three] skeletons, additional material in bone beds." | A centrosaurine ceratopsid | ||
| Unescoceratops | U. koppelhusae | Partial lower jaw[24] | A leptoceratopsid thought to have been between one and two meters long and less than 91 kilograms. Its teeth were the roundest of all leptoceratopsids. | |||
| Vagaceratops | V. irvinensis | Upper, 75Ma ago | "[Three] skulls, skeleton lacking tail." | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid species previously classified as a species of Chasmosaurus.[25] | ||
At least one indeterminate thescelosaurid specimen has been recovered from the formation.
In a 2001 review of hadrosaur eggshell and hatchling material from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Darren H. Tanke and M. K. Brett-Surman concluded that hadrosaurs nested in both the ancient upland and lowlands of the formation's depositional environment.The upland nesting grounds may have been preferred by the less common hadrosaurs, like Brachylophosaurus or Parasaurolophus. However, the authors were unable to determine what specific factors shaped nesting ground choice in the formation's hadrosaurs. They suggested that behavior, diet, soil condition, and competition between dinosaur species all potentially influenced where hadrosaurs nested.
Sub-centimeter fragments of pebbly-textured hadrosaur eggshell have been reported from the Dinosaur Park Formation. This eggshell is similar to the hadrosaur eggshell of Devil's Coulee in southern Alberta as well as that of the Two Medicine and Judith River Formations in Montana, United States. While present, dinosaur eggshell is very rare in the Dinosaur Park Formation and is only found in two different microfossil sites. These sites are distinguished by large numbers of pisidiid clams and other less common shelled invertebrates like unionid clams and snails. This association is not a coincidence as the invertebrate shells would have slowly dissolved and released enough basic calcium carbonate to protect the eggshells from naturally occurring acids that otherwise would have dissolved them and prevented fossilization.
In contrast with eggshell fossils, the remains of very young hadrosaurs are actually somewhat common. Darren Tanke has observed that an experienced collector could actually discover multiple juvenile hadrosaur specimens in a single day. The most common remains of young hadrosaurs in the Dinosaur Park Formation are dentaries, bones from limbs and feet, as well as vertebral centra. The material showed little or none of the abrasion that would have resulted from transport, meaning the fossils were buried near their point of origin. Bonebeds 23, 28, 47, and 50 are productive sources of young hadrosaur remains in the formation, especially bonebed 50. The bones of juvenile hadrosaurs and fossil eggshell fragments are not known to have preserved in association with each other, despite both being present in the formation.
| Ornithopods from the Dinosaur Park Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Corythosaurus | C. casuarius | Lower-Middle, 76.5-75.5Ma ago | "Approximately [ten] articulated skulls and associated postcrania, [ten to fifteen] articulated skulls, isolated skull elements, juvenile to adult." | A lambeosaurin lambeosaurine hadrosaur | ||
| Gryposaurus | G. notabilis | Lower, 76.2-76Ma ago | "Approximately [ten] complete skulls, [twelve] fragmentary skulls, associated postcrania." | A kritosaurin saurolophine hadrosaur | ||
| Lambeosaurus | L. lambei | Upper, 75.5-75Ma ago | "Approximately [seven] articulated skulls with associated postcrania, [possibly ten] articulated skulls, isolated skull elements, juvenile to adult." | |||
| L. magnicristatus | Upper/Bearpaw Formation, 74.8Ma ago | "[Two] complete skulls, one with associated, articulated postcrania." | ||||
| Parasaurolophus | P. walkeri | Lower, 76.5-75.3Ma ago | "Complete skull and postcranial skeleton." | A parasaurolophin lambeosaurine hadrosaur. | ||
| Prosaurolophus | P. maximus | Upper, 75.5 – 74.8 Ma | "[Twenty to twenty-five] individuals, including at least [seven] articulated skulls and associated postcrania." | A saurolophin saurolophine hadrosaur | ||
| Pachycephalosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Foraminacephale | F. brevis | Also present in the Oldman Formation | Frontoparetal dome, various other skull fragments including juvenile and subadult material | Once thought to be a species of Stegoceras | ||
| Gravitholus | G. albertae | "Frontoparietal dome." | Potentially synonymous with Stegoceras validum.[26] | |||
| Hanssuesia | H. sternbergi | Lower, also present in the Oldman Formation and Judith River Formation | Potentially synonymous with Stegoceras validum. | |||
| Sphaerotholus | S. lyonsi[27] | Upper, 76.10 ± 0.5 Ma | Right squamosal | |||
| Stegoceras | S. validum | Specimens including frontoparietal dome. | ||||
| "Microcephale" | A nomen nudum. | |||||
In the Dinosaur Park Formation, small theropods are rare due to the tendency of their thin-walled bones to be broken or poorly preserved. Small bones of small theropods that were preyed upon by larger ones may have been swallowed whole and digested. In this context, the discovery of a small theropod dinosaur with preserved tooth marks was especially valuable. Possible indeterminate avimimid remains are known from the formation.
| Ornithomimids from the Dinosaur Park Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Ornithomimus | O. sp.[28] | Type specimen | An ornithomimid, possibly a species of Struthiomimus.[29] | |||
| Qiupalong | Q. sp.[30] | Several specimens | An ornithomimid, possibly a radiation of this genus from Asia. | |||
| Rativates | R. evadens | Type specimen | An ornithomimid, formerly a specimen of Struthiomimus.[31] | |||
| Oviraptorosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Caenagnathus | C. collinsi | Mandible, type specimen | A caenagnathid[32] which rivalled Anzu in size.[33] | |||
| Chirostenotes | C. pergracilis | Several fragmentary specimens, type specimen | A mid-sized caenagnathid. | |||
| Citipes | C. elegans | Several fragmentary specimens, type specimen | Smallest caenagnathid from the formation. | |||
| Macrophalangia | M. canadensis | Junior synonym of Chirostenotes pergracilis | ||||
A new taxon of troodontid based solely on teeth is known from the upper part of the formation.[34]
| Paravians from the Dinosaur Park Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| cf. Baptornis | Indeterminate | A hesperornithine bird | ||||
| cf. Cimolopteryx | Indeterminate | Partial coracoid | A possible charadriiform bird | |||
| Dromaeosaurus | D. albertensis | Several specimens and teeth, type specimen | A dromaeosaurid | |||
| Hesperonychus | H. elizabethae | Hip bones and partial toes and claws, type specimen | A dromaeosaurid or an avialan,[35] [36] also found in the Oldman Formation | |||
| Latenivenatrix | L. mcmasterae | Hip bones, pelvis, skull fragments, type specimen | A large troodontid measuring NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet). | |||
| cf. Palintropus | Unnamed | Partial shoulder girdles | An ambiortiform bird | |||
| cf. Paronychodon | cf. P. lacustris | Teeth | An indeterminate maniraptoran, also found in the Judith River | |||
| cf. Pectinodon[37] | Indeterminate | Teeth | A troodont | |||
| Polyodontosaurus | P. grandis | Dentary, type specimen | Nomen dubium. Possibly synonymous with Latenivenatrix. | |||
| Richardoestesia | R. gilmorei | Mandible, type specimen | A dromaeosaurid | |||
| R. isosceles | Teeth | |||||
| Saurornitholestes | S. langstoni | Incomplete skeleton and teeth, type specimen. A dentary referred to Saurornitholestes was discovered that preserved tooth marks left by a young tyrannosaur. | A dromaeosaurid | |||
| Stenonychosaurus | S. inequalis | Nearly complete skeleton and other partial skeletons, type specimen | A troodontid once thought to be a species of Troodon | |||
| Tyrannosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Daspletosaurus | D. wilsoni[38] | Middle-Upper, ~75 Ma ago | Several specimens | A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid, also present in the Bearpaw Formation. | ||
| Gorgosaurus | G. libratus | Lower-Middle, 76.5–75 Ma ago | Numerous specimens, type specimen[39] | An albertosaurine tyrannosaurid whose fossils have been unearthed in the Judith River Formation and possibly the Two Medicine Formation. It was the most common large carnivore in the area.[40] | ||
Choristoderes, or champsosaurs, were aquatic reptiles. Small examples looked like lizards, while larger types were superficially similar to crocodilians. Remains of the following Choristoderes have been found in the formation:[41]
Remains of the following Crocodylians have been found in the formation:[42]
Remains of the following lizards have been found in the formation:[43]
Remains of the following Plesiosaurs have been found in the formation:[44]
Remains of the following pterosaurs have been found in the formation:[45]
Remains of the following turtles have been found in the formation:[47]
Remains of the following mammals have been found in the formation:[48]
Remains of the following fish have been found in the formation:[49]
Remains of the following invertebrates have been found in the formation:[54]
The following plant body fossils have been found in the formation:[55]
Palynomorphs are organic-walled microfossils, like spores, pollen, and algae. The following palynomorphs have been found in the formation:[56]
The following timeline displays valid taxa first discovered in the dinosaur park formation. Some species may have been referred to other genera subsequent to their initial description.
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color:1900s bar:NAM1 at:1902 mark:(line,black) text:Euoplocephalus color:1800s bar:NAM2 at:1902 mark:(line,black) text:"Monoclonius" belli color:1900s bar:NAM3 at:1902 mark:(line,black) text:"Ornithomimus" altus color:1900s bar:NAM4 at:1902 mark:(line,black) text:Stegoceras & S. validum color:1900s bar:NAM5 at:1902 mark:(line,black) text:"Stereocephalus" tutus color:1900s bar:NAM6 at:1904 mark:(line,black) text:Centrosaurus & C. apertus color:1800s bar:NAM7 at:1913 mark:(line,black) text:Styracosaurus & S. albertensis color:1900s bar:NAM8 at:1914 mark:(line,black) text:Chasmosaurus color:1900s bar:NAM9 at:1914 mark:(line,black) text:Corythosaurus & C. casuarius color:1900s bar:NAM10 at:1914 mark:(line,black) text:Gorgosaurus & G. libratus color:1900s bar:NAM11 at:1914 mark:(line,black) text:Gryposaurus & G. notabilis color:1800s bar:NAM12 at:1916 mark:(line,black) text:Prosaurolophus & P. maximus color:1800s bar:NAM13 at:1917 mark:(line,black) text:Struthiomimus color:1900s bar:NAM14 at:1919 mark:(line,black) text:Panoplosaurus & P. mirus color:1900s bar:NAM15 at:1922 mark:(line,black) text:Dromaeosaurus & D. albertensis color:1900s bar:NAM16 at:1922 mark:(line,black) text:Parasaurolophus & P. walkeri color:1800s bar:NAM17 at:1923 mark:(line,black) text:Lambeosaurus & L. lambei color:1900s bar:NAM18 at:1924 mark:(line,black) text:Chirostenotes & C. gracilis color:1900s bar:NAM19 at:1924 mark:(line,black) text:Dyoplosaurus & D. acutosquameus color:1900s bar:NAM20 at:1928 mark:(line,black) text:Scolosaurus & S. cutleri color:1900s bar:NAM21 at:1929 mark:(line,black) text:Anodontosaurus color:1900s bar:NAM22 at:1932 mark:(line,black) text:"Stenonychosaurus" inequalis color:1900s bar:NAM23 at:1935 mark:(line,black) text:Lambeosaurus magnicristatus color:1900s bar:NAM24 at:1940 mark:(line,black) text:Chasmosaurus russeli color:1900s bar:NAM25 at:1943 mark:(line,black) text:Hanssuesia sternbergi color:1900s bar:NAM1 at:1970 mark:(line,black) text:Daspletosaurus & D. torosus color:1900s bar:NAM2 at:1978 mark:(line,black) text:Saurornitholestes & S. langstoni color:1900s bar:NAM3 at:1979 mark:(line,black) text:Gravitholus & G. albertae color:1900s bar:NAM4 at:1990 mark:(line,black) text:Richardoestesia & R. gilmorei color:1900s bar:NAM5 at:2001 mark:(line,black) text:"Chasmosaurus" irvinensis color:1900s bar:NAM6 at:2009 mark:(line,black) text:Hesperonychus & H. elizabethae color:1800s bar:NAM7 at:2010 mark:(line,black) text:Vagaceratops color:1800s bar:NAM8 at:2012 mark:(line,black) text:Unescoceratops & U. koppelhusae color:1900s bar:NAM9 at:2013 mark:(line,black) text:Leptorhynchos & L. gaddisi color:1900s bar:NAM10 at:2016 mark:(line,black) text:Rativates & R. evadens color:1900s bar:NAM11 at:2017 mark:(line,black) text:Latenivenatrix & L. mcmasteri color:1900s bar:NAM12 at:2019 mark:(line,black) text:Cryodrakon & C. boreas
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bar:period from: 1850 till: 1860 color:1800syears text:50s from: 1860 till: 1870 color:1800syears text:60s from: 1870 till: 1880 color:1800syears text:70s from: 1880 till: 1890 color:1800syears text:80s from: 1890 till: 1900 color:1800syears text:90s from: 1900 till: 1910 color:1900syears text:00s from: 1910 till: 1920 color:1900syears text:10s from: 1920 till: 1930 color:1900syears text:20s from: 1930 till: 1940 color:1900syears text:30s from: 1940 till: 1950 color:1900syears text:40s from: 1950 till: 1960 color:1900syears text:50s from: 1960 till: 1970 color:1900syears text:60s from: 1970 till: 1980 color:1900syears text:70s from: 1980 till: 1990 color:1900syears text:80s from: 1990 till: 2000 color:1900syears text:90s from: 2000 till: 2010 color:2000syears text:00s from: 2010 till: 2020 color:2000syears text:10s from: 2020 till: 2030 color:2000syears text:20s from: 2030 till: 2040 color:2000syears text:30s from: 2040 till: 2050 color:2000syears text:40s from: 2050 till: 2060 color:2000syears text:50s from: 2060 till: 2070 color:2000syears text:60s from: 2070 till: 2080 color:2000syears text:70s from: 2080 till: 2090 color:2000syears text:80s from: 2090 till: 2100 color:2000syears text:90s
bar:era from: 1850 till: 1900 color:1800s text:19th from: 1900 till: 2000 color:1900s text:20th from: 2000 till: 2100 color:2000s text:21st