Northwest of Treherne (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Dolichorhynchops kirki type locality

Where: Manitoba, Canada (49.7° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 59.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Assiniboine Member (Favel Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• "Assiniboine beds (Benton)"

•Assiniboine Member is Early Turonian (Christopher et al. 2006)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. R. Kirk in 1932, 1933

Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1935. A plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Manitoba. Journal of Paleontology 9(5):385-389 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102074: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 07.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Trinacromerum kirki n. gen. n. sp.
Trinacromerum kirki n. gen. n. sp. Russell 1935 plesiosaur
MMMN V216 (holotype partial postcranium)